National Network for Equitable Library Service

Pat Shahan, 35, is minister of a Protestant church in an unnamed city. During one typical day filled with budget problems and self-centered parishoners, Pat keeps up an internal dialog with his God--a deity who can sound like Pat's mother or father, but often sounds like the clergyman's own voice. The day begins with a fund-raising Crusade where the agenday may be Fleece the Sheep. Yet it ends with Pat's yearning to Love His Sheep instead.