{"product_id":"discernment","title":"Discernment","description":"Cedric Willow is a middle-aged journalist and senior warden at St. Bartholomew by the Lake, a small Episcopal parish in Minneapolis. St. Bart's church is a widely admired icon of mid-century modern architecture, but its congregation is aging and attendance is on the decline. When the incumbent rector resigns, Cedric forms a search committee―a \"discernment\" committee, in Episcopal parlance―and embarks on a nine-month search for a new spiritual leader.\nComplicating his task: a bitter feud between two members of the vestry, the fact that he's an atheist, and a disruptive voice in his head called Op Ed. There's also the Church Lady, a mousy junior warden who aspires to his position, who strikes him as pious to a fault, and with whom he is falling in love.\nDiscernment is a novel about trying to do the right thing in a world with no easy answers, and what happens when altruism and self-interest collide.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1643436341\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1643436341.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Roy M. Close\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43715223978045,"sku":"BVV.1643436341.VG","price":12.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1643436341-0.jpg?v=1790292380","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/discernment","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}