Review: No murder, no harsh words, no great and overwhelming angst
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2012
this is a simple and straighforward, yet thoughtful book. No giant laugh out loud moments, but none that make your skin crawl or your eyes water.  Simply one young man's journey to a position of responsibility within a church, and the machinations of the management of the church that show us all business is not the only place where political maneuvering is practiced.Since I have cousins and uncles who are all ordained, and part of alternately smaller and larger parish seats, much of the 'jockeying' for position, and the shock with which Elmo comes to realize it's ingrained nature was new to me. What was refreshing and enjoyable about this story was the simple fact that he was drawn to do the best he could, never the expedient, which seemed to reinforce the decision to serve as a minister.