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In the House of the Lord

  • Paperback
  • 304 pages
  • Publisher: Texas Christian University Press,U.S.
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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Robert Flynn's second novel tracks a day in the life of Pat Shahan, minister of a Protestant church in a large city. Young, devout, and honest, Shahan seeks revelation--and is offered a revolving neon cross for the church steeple; he seeks vision--and gets a pep talk from the church treasurer. Striving to serve the Lord, he is dragged into a "Great Crusade" which is nothing more than a publicity stunt that ends disastrously. Shahan's day sees him ministering to the sick and dying, pacifying angry parishioners and counseling troubled ones, seeking inspiration for a sermon, trying to calm his mother by phone, and losing patience with his family. Pat Shahan is a thoroughly human minister. Throughout his day--and by extension his ministry--he struggles to balance his faith in Christianity with his doubts about himself and his church. His story gives a pulpit-eye view of organized religion, a view that is occasionally humorous, sometimes affectionate, always open-minded, and ultimately affirmative. "There is darkness in the world," says Shahan, "but there is also light."
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  • Title

    In the House of the Lord

  • Author

    R Flynn

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Texas Christian University Press,U.S.

  • Published

    March 1991

  • Weight

    355g

  • Page Count

    304

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780875650876

  • ISBN-10

    0875650872

  • Eden Code

    3119838

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