I watched Matthew Erickson's mind and heart unfold as he wrote his book The Pastor as Gardener for the Peterson Center's DMin cohort (Holy Presence: Eugene Peterson and the Pastoral Imagination). The pages he's offered are wise, deep, whole.

Matt asked me to write a forward, and I was eager to do so. Then he asked me to jump on his podcast, and I was eager to do that too. So, you can buy the book (or buy one for your pastor or seminary student or gardener). And you can also listen in on our conversation.