Can You See God in This Picture?


A Letter to My Sons
Making Sense of 25 Years of Ministry

by John H. King

Growing up in the church often lacks the beauty and meaning that God envisioned

Hi. Tim here.

All while I was growing up, my father pastored churches. His ministry spanned the years from 1969 to 1993. During those years, we moved 17 times, in five different churches, once even moving several times while at the same church. Occasionally down to the last jar of peanut butter, faith played a real part in our spiritual journey.

Dad recently compiled this memoir, written as a letter to me and my brothers. Reading through it, I have been discovering things about my own father that I never even knew. He’s said—and he’s right—that no one really ends up looking bad in the story, except him, because he digs deeply into his own soul, to find profound, witty, and sometimes shocking fatherly advice for his children. Some passages brought me to tears. Others made me guffaw… after which my wife begged me to let her in on what was so funny. Sorry, I told her, she’ll have to wait her turn.

Now, I publish my own work, but I usually don’t publish other authors’, because publishing contracts get really complicated, really fast. However, I trust my Dad implicitly that no publishing dispute will ever come between us. And I don’t believe that’s foolish of me. And once you read this book, you’ll understand why I feel that way.

-TimK

Can You See God in This Picture? tells the story of what passion for God can accomplish, both constructively and destructively, and explores the angry and stupid things adults do in the church, which children see and remember. Written as a letter to his three sons, and with many personal admissions and anecdotes, this memoir has the potential to bless any whose faith has been tested, perhaps even destroyed, through church power struggles, theological bickering, political infighting, and all the other things that burn out even the good pastors and sometimes even force them out of the pulpit.

He sums up with a look forward to the future, how the church is changing, and why these changes hold an unprecedented promise for Christian unity.

Who is John King?

Pastor King was known in Western Pennsylvania for his knowledge of Koine Greek and Classical Hebrew, having taught in Western PA Bible Institute in Butler, The Lighthouse Ministry in Washington, and Faith Seminary in Bethel Park, PA in the 1970’s. He also taught at the Charismatic Conference in 1979 at Duquesne University. He graduated from a four year ministerial program at Northeast Bible College, which is now Valley Forge Christian College, and later returned to complete a course of study for a B.S. in Bible. In 1982, he received a Master of Bible Theology from the International Bible Institute & Seminary.

Currently retired from the pastorate, he develops computer software at a financial-services firm in Boston and lives with his wife in their townhouse in a nearby town. He occasionally speaks at area churches, including the one he regularly attends, and he still harbors the dream of someday perhaps returning to professional ministry.

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