About this item

Jonathan Amos Boatwright, pastor of The Summer Hill Church, is trained for preaching, praying, and leading worship, not balance sheets, profit margins, and cut-throat commerce. As a quarrel unfolds between two brothers in his community, Jon becomes a reluctant consultant in the competitiveness that drives capitalism and fuels family conflicts. Using his twenty years as a senior pastor and the past decade as a wealth manager, Robert Moon presents a life narrative that is rarely addressed through inspirational fiction. The plot and subplots echo an ancient and contemporary theme within the Gospels - the arc between the famous parable of the Prodigal Son and a brother's solicitation of Jesus to force his sibling to settle their estate. The intriguing interplay between his compelling characters, religious themes, and real life financial issues make this novel hard to put down while exploring many of the issues modern clergy face in assisting their communities.