Review - Soon and Very Soon by Sherryle K. Jackson
Soon and Very Soon by Sherryle K. Jackson
Genre: (Christian fiction)
Rating: 7.5 (EchelonBooks); 4 (Amazon)
Review by Tavares S. Carney – “the Christian Page Turner”
Meet Vanessa Morton, a strong, independent woman destined for ministry or as some would see it, simply an heir to her daddy’s pulpit. Then there’s Pastor Willie Green, the attentive and compassionate pastor of the traditional Harvest Baptist Church. By mutual acquaintances, two pastors oftwo independent churches meet and God’s vision enters the picture. Soon and Very Soon is a story of triumph and faith. It tells the story of a woman demanding respect as a female of the cloth and not settling for less, it is a story of a woman realizing that she can still grow spiritually herself at the same time she is charged to minister to others. It is the story of the test of a man’s faith and trust in God. What happens when members of the church don’t see a pastor’s vision, what happens when a church divides, what do churches experience when memberships combine? Read Soon and Very Soon and you’ll find out just what a feat like this entails. Can Vanessa bea supportive wife? Will she takea backseat to her husband? Will Willie ever stop worrying or stop long enough to spend time with his wfe? Good supporting characters Keisha, Paul and Deacon Charley Thompson help the story along. All the characters learn through obedience and faith, that God will make a way.
Book Description
Everyone thought the ten month courtship and marriage between Willie Green, the strait-laced pastor of the traditional Harvest Baptist church, and Vanessa Morton, the dynamo preacher-pastor from the contemporary Mt. Pleasant Baptist church, was too soon. Neither pastor realized that after the nuptials, all heck would break loose as they planned to combine their respective churches. The honeymoon abruptly comes to an end as Willie tries to maintain control of his congregation as the staunch Deacon, Charley Thompson, and a group of dissenters go to extreme lengths to keep their religious routine going at Harvest. Meanwhile, Vanessa struggles with the new balancing act of being a competent co-pastor and a nurturing first lady to her husband. The price of having too much too soon leads them both to deal in their own way with letting go of the way things used to be.
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Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: Urban Books; Reprint edition (November 27, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1601629494
ISBN-13: 978-1601629494
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