Title | : | Come Sunday Morning |
Author | : | |
Rating | : | |
ISBN | : | 1601622457 |
ISBN-10 | : | 9781601622457 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 288 |
Publication | : | First published January 1, 2011 |
Come Sunday Morning Reviews
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Hezekiah Cleaveland is the pastor of New Testament Cathedral in California. He's married to the beautiful and ambitious to a fault Samantha Cleaveland; who happens to be the dynamo behind Pastor Cleaveland's television ministry. Samantha's ambitions cause her to often times become so cruel to the ministers and staff members of the church she leaves tears in her wake.
Together they are building a new 20,000 seat, forty-five million dollar mega church while homelessness plagues their city. Advocates for the homeless as well as the homeless themselves are not shy about verbalizing their feelings about the new building. One such mantra which caused even this reader to pause was from an elderly woman "how can you justify spending forty-five million dollars on a building that will only be open on Sunday mornings when you know that every night, of the year, thousands of men, women and children live and die on the streets of this city?" Pastor Cleaveland feels that since his ministry has given to the homeless plight over the last ten years they should be grateful for the handouts and not worry about his new church.
Come Sunday Morning shines the flashlight on greed, resentment and lavish lifestyles lived by this mega couple. But deferred dreams and empty souls present one bad decision after another which leads to murder in the church pulpit come Sunday morning. At times the book was a too little wordy. I felt the author was trying to impress me with how the Cleavelands lived. All in all it was a good read.
Hill's new novel offers a first-hand account of what could go wrong when a pastor isn't called as a shepherd but as a power hungry man.
A complimentary copy of this book was provided by the author for the purpose of this review.
Missy - Readers Paradise
3 book marks -
Sunday Mornings
Hezekiah and Samantha Cleveland are the prominent pastor and first lady of New Testament Cathedral in the city of Los Angeles. From the outside looking in, the power couple look as happy as can be, but in reality, it’s a thin line between love and hate. A deep dark secret is leaked to the news media and the church that will send its members in an uproar. Will New Testament Cathedral be able to bounce back from the chaos and a fatal demise?
“Come Sunday Morning” is one of those reads you can’t put down until the very end. This book is full of drama and suspense that will have you saying, “What the what?” I wouldn’t be surprise if this is really happening in the churches nowadays; anything is possible. Also, this novel leans toward trusting and believing in the word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that you have to try him for yourself. “Come Sunday Morning” is a good read that I would recommend to others.
Reviewed by: Tange -
When you read this book, you will probably think this is loosely based on any number of first families of mega churches. This a fast paced story that will probably cause you to talk and at times, curse the characters but you will enjoy the ride. Hopefully, the follow up book will be just as good!!
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This was excellent but shocking to read just how cruel and evil the people you least expect can be..The author could have used a better editor because of the grammatical errors..I cant wait to read the sequel to this book - When Sunday Comes Again
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Really good, nicely paced novel. Samantha was a master manipulator but at least she was honest with herself. Hezekiah wasn't really honest about anything in his lide except for how he felt about Danny. Willie was just foolish. Sure there's a follow up to this saga
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Started reading and realized I read the first book when it came out in 2011... SMH. Well it s hd reas that's for show.
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Far fetched...
This book was too far-fetched and frankly I've had enough cheating preacher stories and scandals to last me a lifetime...not interested in the sequel -
What can you say about Church folk? You gotta love them anyway.