Chapter 21 For his birthday Jerry arranged a weekend for him and Chloe to go to Ashland, Oregon. Home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, this college town offered Broadway quality…

Chapter 20 What did Chloe mean by his church being haunted and run by a coven of witches? He entered the main sanctuary from the back and caught his breath.…

Chloe was standing outside and popped into his car. They zipped over to Witherspoon’s and grabbed an outdoor table. The sun cast a golden glow on the trees.  Jerry ordered…

Chapter 19 Jerry surveyed his congregation from the pulpit. There were about 150 of them scattered about, most in the back rows, most in the sunset of their lives, dreams…

The Rev. Jerry Cradleman zipped into Westminster Presbyterian Church’s back parking lot for his first day at work. He cut sharp into a parking space, killed the engine and remained…

Chapter 17 Jerry was about to marry the church, and despite what some newlyweds denied, he knew he would be a changed man from that moment on. Back in Princeton,…

Chapter 15 Jerry dashed up to his parents, gown billowing behind, cap in hand. His dad wrapped his arms around him and kissed him on the lips. His Mom allowed…

Chapter 14 Long before Jerry was born, a young Marvin Cradleman, recent Columbia Business School graduate, encamped next to an equally young man on a commuter train to New Haven.…

The building was red brick institutional. Long shadows darkened its front. The doors hissed open as Jerry crossed the threshold. He was directed to a room. He knocked on the…

With the Seminary Board of Trustee’s rejection of a motion to divest, Jerry’s political activism devolved into campus mischief. Sam and Jerry broke into their dorm’s bell tower and disconnected…