The problems facing Pastor Steven Warner's congregation are all too familiar--teen sex, New Age influences, violence at school and on the street, family members too busy for each other, and church schism. No matter how many hours he puts in, he can't meet everyone's needs. Steven seems to be forgetting that it's not his responsibility to fix all these hurts on his own--and that his family is suffering because he is working too hard. The dramatic and unexpected results at the church and at a local college reveal the true power of the Holy Spirit, and, in the end no one is ever the same after experiencing the Stirring.
I love obscure, old-school Christian novels like this; many of them are among the best I've read in any genre. It saddens me that Left Behind got such fanfare; it was rather shoddy, while there are much better books in the "inspirational" genre that continue to collect dust on bookstores' shelves. Here's hoping that more literature worth reading--in all genres--will one day get the media buzz it deserves.