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A ninteenth-century novel which tells the humorous story of embittered old bachelor Squire Dale and his impoverished nieces who live in the cathedral town of Barchester.

"In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy strikes, and this charismatic preacher curses God, and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from age 13, he plays in bands across the country, running from his own family tragedies, losing one job after another when his addictions get the better of him. Decades later, sober and living a decent life, he and Reverend Charles Jacobs meet again in a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and the many terrifying meanings of Revival are revealed. King imbues this spectacularly rich and dark novel with everything he knows about music, addiction, and religious fanaticism, and every nightmare we ever had about death. This is a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe"--.

A simple version of the life of Father Damien whose work among the lepers of Molokai focused the attention of the rest of the world on the dread disease.

Charles Gerkin does an excellent job of surveying the history of pastoral care and making the field of pastoral care relevant in the present context of the parish. This is an exellent text for both the classroom and the parish, because it does address these relevant themes.

The penetrating and provocative question 'What would Jesus do?' in all of life's complex situations is the central theme of this book. It is the soul-stirring novel of men and women torn between their faith and the demands, compulsions, and temptations of life.

Offers a number of timely insights and incisive reminders for those in pastoral education: the need to instill more than techniques; the insistence that the focus of Jesus' life was not the needs of other people, but dedication to His Father; the absolute centrality of prayer; the ministry of absence and 'creative withdrawal'; the necessity of avoiding the illusion of indispensability.

The Catholic priest chosen for the miracle of God's healing grace.

Every family has skeletons in their closet.

Offers a number of timely insights and incisive reminders for those in pastoral education: the need to instill more than techniques; the insistence that the focus of Jesus' life was not the needs of other people, but dedication to His Father; the absolute centrality of prayer; the ministry of absence and 'creative withdrawal'; the necessity of avoiding the illusion of indispensability.