Blood and Fire - chapter 1 (teaser)
Farms, orchards, fields of grazing sheep, and other such pastoral things stretched in a patchwork of varying green across the plain that surrounded the city's solitary hill.
Symbia:Beginning
Sudden and unreal, boldly strange against the pastoral landscape. the first, a deep midnight-blue, covered in shock-white splotches, tiny, and jumpy, enormous ears tautly upright, eyes huge and bright, sporting a delicate, long dress.
Aqueronte 3. Vacios
Quien sí que estaba era el par de ingenieros que conoció en el laboratorio, un elefante que lo miraba con fascinación, un caballo que ojeaba unos papeles mientras hablaba, tres pastores alemanes que cuchicheaban entre ellos, una leoparda con bata científica
College Life: Chapter 8
But a priest is also an important provider of pastoral care for the community, a duty which he expertly disregarded through his words.
Collar 9 -- Faith
The librarian leaned back in his chair, regarding me with a warm look that would serve any pastor to bestow upon a troubled parishioner.
Running on Empty. Chapter 6.
Or how the current pastor was just “too soft on those unpatriotic liberals. and the gays.” keith was still a kid. he droned out most of what she had to say, not caring about his own opinion on things let alone his mother.
Carrier
Despite the ugly show, the road outside quickly reverted to quiet pastoral countryside.
What's the Matter with Oswald?
I'm a pastor, and i don't see him at church. he doesn't talk about charity drives. so how's that make him any closer to god? how is he "waking up" to the truth of himself, and how does he even know it's working?
Undertow: Prologue -- Chapter 2 - Give me time
I shifted my head to see the pastor gazing at us from behind his spectacles; an elderly goat with cream-and-brown colored fur. "thanks, reverend," i responded, holding a paw out to shake his. he clasps mine before looking to khole. "oh! uh.
The Eve
Exchange students far from home, even those whose religion made them feel all the more alienated from this celebration; those for whom home might have been a box in an alley or a closet in abandoned house; the priests and pastors who came to warm themselves
Song in the Dark: Day 4
"pastor kate." "you think i should go up to the church?" "i don't recall your family being particularly religious, and even if you were i'm not convinced there's any sort of spiritual advice she could give that would help with this.
Theo's Way
“we’ve learned from the pastor and from conner’s parents. we should have loved you properly, led you out of the darkness that had taken you.” “it’s the past now,” roger insisted. “we failed you then, but we can help you now.