Strange Animals by Chad Kultgen

Author:Chad Kultgen
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

chapter

eighteen

Despite sending Pastor Preston several emails asking for an urgent meeting, James Dobbs had to wait a full week before he could see the minister. As he sat in the foyer of Woodstone Church waiting for Pastor Preston, who was fifteen minutes late, James thought about how much time he had spent in that church and in that town. He was nervous about starting what he expected to be the most important journey of his life, but he was excited. He knew that what he was about to do was important and needed to be done, not just for himself but for everyone on the planet. He felt that somehow this church had played a role in forming him as a person God had finally recognized as worthy of this task, worthy of carrying out his role in God’s plan. James had many good memories in Woodstone, and he knew he would miss it after he left.

Pastor Preston was talking on his cell phone when he came through the front doors. He said, “I know it’s more expensive, but I think it’s worth it. That’s right. Black leather, with the same color black for the trim around the dash. Yeah. Okay, next Tuesday. It better be ready. I’ll have one irate wife on my hands if it’s not. All right, bye.” Pastor Preston hung up and moved over to James as he said, “They’ve screwed up the interior of that car twice now. But you know what? I forgive them, because I’m a Christian, and I understand that things like this are just tests from God to see if we have the patience and love that he wants us all to have.” He shook James’s hand and said, “Okay, now, I got your emails. Seems like there’s some important stuff going on, and I’m happy to consult you spiritually on anything you might need help with. That’s what Jesus put me on this earth to do. Just let me get this coffee down, come into my office, and let’s hear what you need to tell me.”

James followed Pastor Preston into his office. He’d never been in it before. The walls were covered with pictures of Pastor Preston with various celebrities, Sarah Palin, Chuck Norris, and Kirk Cameron prominent among them. A glass case on one wall was full of trophies from various church-sponsored softball teams and choir groups. On the wall immediately behind Pastor Preston’s desk was a giant painting of him and his wife holding hands as Jesus hovered above them, shining light down on them from his open hands. James wished he could have a relationship with a girl like Pastor Preston had with his wife.

Pastor Preston drank a last sip of coffee, threw the cup in the trash can next to his desk, sat down and said, “All right, now, let’s do some work of the spirit. Before we start, let’s join hands.” James gave his hands to Pastor Preston, who bowed his head, closed his eyes,

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