The Almost True Story of Ryan Fisher
Rob Stennett
Zondervan, 2008, 352 pp., $12.99, www.zondervan.com
Ryan Fisher is all business. A hardcharging real estate agent, Fisher decides to market himself to church folk after he discovers a Christian business directory. Then he figures he could really make a killing if he started a church.
Rob Stennett brings this fictional tale of riches and religion to vibrant life. Stennett has written screenplays and dramatic plays. More interesting, he is the creative director of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. He insists the book has nothing to do with the spectacular fall of former pastor, Ted Haggard.
Satirical without being cynical, Stennett’s book shines a humorous light into those dark areas of our souls and our churches where God and Mammon meet, fall in love, and create weird offspring.
