Eugene Peterson, pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland, tells how he was at a Red Cross bloodmobile to donate his annual pint, and a nurse was asking him a series of questions to see if there was any reason for disqualification. “The final question on the list was ‘Do you engage in hazardous work?’” Eugene remembers. “I said, ‘Yes.’”2 What are these occupational hazards of the pastoral ministry, these floating logs that may catch many ministers by surprise? What