Review: Entertaining Sequel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2013
This book was so much better than the first!  I almost didn't buy this one but am so glad I did.  It is probably the funniest book I've read this year. Elmo has been hired by the mega-church where he served his internship in the first book. He has now been tasked to interview, do research and come up with a plan that will draw a younger demographic into their aging church.  Elmo is engaged and marries another church staffer as part of the storyline.Having attended a large church like this that made major changes in recent years and having gone through a church-split several years prior, I lived a lot of what the author wrote about.  Although the circumstances are challenging Elmo always tries to follow God's path.  Yet he finds the funny parts of life and can even laugh at himself.  I liked the way the senior pastor confesses his mistakes, asks forgiveness and directs his congregation to follow God's purpose for their church and their lives.I also liked the tie-in with Jason McKenzie from Blue Christmas by Diane Moody.  I hope his story continues in the next book.