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Date / Time: 1/27/2008 1:46 AM UTC
Soon and Very Soon by Sherryle K. Jackson
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.
Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: Urban Books, (Dec. 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1601629494 ISBN-13: 978-1601629494
To view a full profile of Soon and Very Soon by Sherryle K. Jackson and to read her detailed interview, please visit her Sankofa Literary Society Showcase by clicking here >>>
About the AuthorI am an educator by profession,but a writer by passion.I have been writing stories my whole life. It's no wonder that I've been trained as a educator and have taught English/ Reading. I am an educator by profession, but a writer by passion. God had afforded me the time off to spend on my writing and promoting my first novel, Soon and Very Soon. My writing comes from a need to share my commentary on life with Christ. I think of writing a story as completing a thought. It is interesting having a writer mind. Alot of times you think you're going crazy, especially the way you become so obssessed with a character and the potential of their lives. I live in Maryland with my equally talented husband Arvell of Cakes and Catering by Arvell and our two children. I also enjoy being an Educational Consultant for Discovery Toys.
Excerpt- Soon and Very Soon"A Spiritual Hook Up" Vanessa Morton met Willie Green during the 50th anniversary celebration of Dominion Baptist church. Pastor Benjamin Rawls and longtime friend, First Lady Pat Rawls had invited Vanessa to their small church in Ashton, Virginia to preach the Consecration service that would kick off a week of services to celebrate the church’s golden anniversary. Pat was the only real girlfriend Vanessa still had from young adulthood that always looked out for her and prayed for the frailties of her human side. Other friends were immediately intimidated by her when she became the pastor of her own church. With Pat she could be real, letting her in on the loneliness that sometimes plagued her soul when the doors of the church weren’t open.
After the service was over that Sunday night, Pat and Pastor Rawls convinced her to stay over to hear the week’s guest preacher who by their description had the, “countriest city church” they had ever visited. Pat went on so much about the integrity and laid back preaching style of the Reverend Willie Green that Vanessa became intrigued and made arrangements to stay over another night. Vanessa immediately knew it was a set up when Pat introduced him as, “ the very single Willie Green” at the next evening’s dinner before the service. He smiled and said, “ That I am,” before helping Vanessa pull out her chair. Vanessa practically kicked her girlfriend under the square four-seater table they crowded around. What had they told him about her? Vanessa wondered. For the first time in a long while Vanessa felt nervous, almost antsy. She was not sure how to act. She thought about what Montgomery had said about her being to authoritative in social settings; she was not in the pulpit now, her internal monitor warned. Pastor Rawls and Pat shared with both of them their church’s plans to build or buy a new church. Vanessa found herself muting her usual strong views on what she called, “the Mega church complex.” Read more here >>
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