Ordained

Pastor James Fred Common's ordination has been officially revoked by the higher judicatory of his denomination for a reason that some might consider unjust. As of the end of worship on Easter Sunday, nine days from the start of this story, he will no longer be permitted to lead worship in his church. His gorgeous wife Guin and fifteen-year-old prodigy Clara share his sense of betrayal from both the church and to some extent God.

It seems like this will be a time of disillusionment and sorrow, but it also turns out to be a stretch of unbelievable mishaps, misunderstandings, hilarious scenarios and conversations - and cannabis-driven religious visions.

The women in his life keep the laughs coming with their wicked sense of humor and defiant personalities.

Pastor Common locks horns with hypocritical congregants, self-righteous fellow clergy and a denominational leader with whom he disagrees on fundamental theological issues.

Ordained portrays the Christian church as it really is, a jumbled collection of theologies, conflicting opinions on the most profound social issues of our day, and even opinions about the relative authority of the Bible itself – none of which will be resolved to the readers' satisfaction.

Whether you love or hate the Christian church in all its iterations – or are merely indifferent to it – you might find the human-interest angle, many canny references to pop culture and even a little history and gospel, highly entertaining. (Ordained also includes some bawdy humor and profanity, which disqualifies it from most Christian agents and publishers.)

I read this over eight times before submitting it for copyrighting and laughed throughout (and, thankfully, only at the parts I intended as funny!). Hopefully, you'll enjoy reading Ordained as much as I enjoyed writing it. Almost all of the most unbelievable parts are autobiographical.

Please Note. I write for one reason: to help people prepare for what's coming next.