Touched by Fire

Larry Yeagley lays bare the soul of a pastor as he shares the joy and pain of “the most exciting and rewarding work in the whole world.” He writes of pulpit pounders, dog funerals, fund-raising, and frigid baptisms. He tells how he graduated from black suits to shirtsleeves and explains the advantages of being mistaken for a psychiatric patient. Along the way you will meet the man with a 16-gauge shotgun who asks for a “dunkin’,” a despairing woman named Sunshine, a tatooed ex-convict who l...