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The Search Committee (2012)

by Tim Owens(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1414364458 (ISBN13: 9781414364452)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Tyndale House Publishers

review 1: This was a light-hearted humorous book about 7 people (the search committee) in a small southern Presbyterian congregation who travel in a church van searching to "steal" a new pastor. They try to keep their mission secret in the churches they visit and along the way have plenty of misadventures. We also get to experience some of the sermons they hear along the way. We get a glimpse into their lives - past and present. There is Travis (a young married professional), Bill (retired from electric co-op), Frankie (70 and retired from post office), Matt (a socially inept depressed out-of-work PhD), Dot (a non-stop talking opinionated housewife), Joyce (60 and a transplanted New Yorker), and Susie (30ish and a divorced good looking bookkeeper). There is also John the Interi... morem pastor. This is a book without much of a plot, but through flashbacks we see how their pasts have affected their present day lives. In their search for a new pastor they also find healing and grace - a life affirming read.
review 2: The story was too long and drawn out - didn't really like it and though i usually quit reading a book after first chapter if I wasn't enjoying it, for some reason I kept feeling like there was going to be a story in it, besides just each character's sideline story. The only good thing about it for me was the scripture quotes. Once I reached the end of the book, i saw that it was maybe mean to be the way it was, and the author evidently wanted groups to read and discuss it. There were discussion questions in the back. i'm not really big on fiction anyway. Realty is much more interesting to me. less

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