Cast the First Stone - Tapa blanda

Keim, William

 
9780595355761: Cast the First Stone
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0595355765 ISBN 13: 9780595355761
Editorial: iUniverse, 2005

Sinopsis

For Reverend Stephen Sweitzer, the pastor of a prosperous church in a small Midwestern town, life has become both tense and dull. His marriage of twenty-five years no longer holds any joy, he worries about his son Bill's revolutionary activities against corporate greed, and he feels that he no longer can bring about needed changes in his own congregation. A sympathetic relationship with a new parishioner Ellen Dietrich turns into love. Stephen decides to start a new life with her in St. Louis. Before long Stephen realizes that he is perilously close to losing his own identity and he leaves Ellen to go to Chicago. He enters a form of missionary work with the poor and destitute there, and acquires a new strength through these experiences and adversities. Reverend Stephen Sweitzer also learns his true place in the world and that God does not always use his disciples in the ways they expect.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Reseña del editor

For Reverend Stephen Sweitzer, the pastor of a prosperous church in a small Midwestern town, life has become both tense and dull. His marriage of twenty-five years no longer holds any joy, he worries about the his son Bill's revolutionary activities against corporate greed, and he feels that he no longer can bring about needed changes in his own congregation.

A sympathetic relationship with a new parishioner Ellen Dietrich turns into love. Stephen decides to start a new life with her in St. Louis. Before long Stephen realizes that he is perilously close to losing his own identity and he leaves Ellen to go to Chicago.

He enters a form of missionary work with the poor and destitute there, and acquires a new strength through these experiences and adversities. Reverend Stephen Sweitzer also learns his true place in the world and that God does not always use his disciples in the ways they expect.

Biografía del autor

Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, William Keim served as a medic in World War II. He was a teacher and school administrator for nearly forty years, the last ten of which were as Superintendent of Schools in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where he now lives and writes. This is his fourth novel in the past four years.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
iUniverse
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0595355765
ISBN 13 
9780595355761
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
232
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible