MEMBER BLOG TAG: ministry
| Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:08PM | | | | Last Rites (novel) | Tags: novel, church, defrocked, Episcopal Church, ministry
| | | | Tom Reed grows up in a church family and follows his father’s footsteps into the ministry only to realize he made a big mistake. As the young rector of a dying parish in a remote part of the state he conducts lots of funerals, gives sermons that nobody listens to, and hears the confessions of the parish’s compulsive penitent. After a series of run-ins with the laymen who govern the church about issues such as flying the American flag on the front lawn and letting the youth group use the church for a rock concert, Tom feels increasingly isolated and unhappy. However, he puts off taking any steps that would upset his father, who is in a nursing home. Tom’s struggle to free himself from... | | | | | |
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