{"product_id":"in-the-house-of-the-robert-flynn-9780875650876","title":"In the House of the Lord: Volume 16","description":"Robert Flynn's second novel tracks a day in the life of Pat Shahan, minister of a Protestant church in a large city. Young, devout, and honest, Shahan seeks revelation--and is offered a revolving neon cross for the church steeple; he seeks vision--and gets a pep talk from the church treasurer. Striving to serve the Lord, he is dragged into a \"Great Crusade\" which is nothing more than a publicity stunt that ends disastrously. Shahan's day sees him ministering to the sick and dying, pacifying angry parishioners and counseling troubled ones, seeking inspiration for a sermon, trying to calm his mother by phone, and losing patience with his family. Pat Shahan is a thoroughly human minister. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout his day--and by extension his ministry--he struggles to balance his faith in Christianity with his doubts about himself and his church. His story gives a pulpit-eye view of organized religion, a view that is occasionally humorous, sometimes affectionate, always open-minded, and ultimately affirmative. \"There is darkness in the world,\" says Shahan, \"but there is also light.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Flynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0875650872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875650876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.66w x 0.86d","brand":"Robert Flynn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457743073535,"sku":"9780875650876","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_288e55cb-9bab-40b0-9d90-73a7b0df7d33.jpg?v=1777400760","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-house-of-the-robert-flynn-9780875650876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}