Stepping Down

By: Michelle Stimpson

Narrated by: William Butler

Mark has been pastoring New Vision church for six years now, and all his hard work is about to pay off as the church approaches mega-church status. But while Mark has been busy building the church, his own household has been crumbling to pieces. After ignoring divine guidance, Mark finds himself caught up in the appearance of a scandal that threatens to tear the church apart. And his wife's secrets only add insult to near-fatal injury. Sharla would have done just about anything to be a mother and, actually, she did. She was willing to pay the price for her mistakes, but she never dreamed someone else might have to suffer instead. How close can she come to confessing her past without jeopardizing her future?

Stepping Down is the eighth full-length novel from national best-selling author Michelle Stimpson. As the granddaughter of a pastor and the great-granddaughter of a bishop, she explores a conflict many spiritual leaders still encounter today. Listeners will enjoy this fast-paced, hard-hitting novel that addresses the ageless question: How can a man run the church if he can't run his own household?

©2013 Michelle Stimpson (P)2013 Michelle Stimpson

Average

Unique story, because I haven't read many Christian fiction where the pastor was faithful. I really liked it when the pastor visits his relatives, and I LOVED the tone of the readers voice he really sounded like a pastor, but I only gave his performance a 2 because he repeated himself a couple of times and he cleared his throat and sinuses, YUCK!!

Great Story, Not So Great Performance

I enjoyed the story and the characters...this was expected in a Michelle Stimpson book. The voice talent took away from the story because he disrupted the flow. It was hard to differentiate between character speech and the narration. There were errors...not one or two, but many. I don't mind an occasional error in an audibook because there is a lot of reading involved. He had many errors in a row and didn't even try to cover it up. You could hear him mumbling under his breath trying to get back on track. I might try reading a print version because it was over hard to concentrate on this audio book.

Unprofessional

The story itself was very good but the narration became very frustrating around chapter 19 when what was obviously practice takes were accidentally used. It got so bad that at one chapter it sounding like the guy was hocking up mucus. I will be returning this title because of this. So disappointing

Narrator

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The book was a good read. The narrator was rereading the book. He was taking deep breathes as well as talking while reading the book. Who doesn't re-record before submitting narration so without doing it right?

Narrator.

He didn't bring each person alive, no energy-efficient to distracted in his reading, poor ddeliver.