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Father Thomas Stamper has lost his way. He muddles through his pastoral duties and overlooks the doings of his dog. Oh, that dog! Doing what no dog should do anywhere in a church much less beneath the altar! Father Stamper is a man protected by the isolation of the role he plays. When his bishop sends him an assistant—one who wears an earring and boldly proclaims his difference. Father Stamper resists but soon discovers in the young man all that he himself is no longer. These discoveries force him to confront all he has become and kept hidden. In Just Like My Pop, the struggles of a tired and lonely man are explored with humor, understanding, and compassion. The challenges t ...

Father Thomas Stamper has lost his way. He muddles through his pastoral duties and overlooks the doings of his dog. Oh, that dog! Doing what no dog should do anywhere in a church much less beneath the altar! Father Stamper is a man protected by the isolation of the role he plays. Then his bishop sends him an assistant—one who wears an earring and boldly proclaims his difference. Father Stamper resists but soon discovers in the young man all that he himself is no longer. These discoveries force him to confront all the has become and kept hidden. In Just Like My Pop, the struggles of a tired and lonely man are explored with humor, understanding, and compassion. The challenges this ...