A collection of 3 short stories about church, faith and the struggle to live... The Third Startup follows a megachurch pastor who engineers his own firing and somehow lands working at an inner-city church start-up.Ellie’s Choice portrays the illicit attraction between a precocious teenager and her older, married pastor and explores whether that love should come to fruition once he becomes a widower.The Ignored follows the troubled life of a young girl whose parents ignore her... moreA collection of 3 short stories about church, faith and the struggle to live... The Third Startup follows a megachurch pastor who engineers his own firing and somehow lands working at an inner-city church start-up.Ellie’s Choice portrays the illicit attraction between a precocious teenager and her older, married pastor and explores whether that love should come to fruition once he becomes a widower.The Ignored follows the troubled life of a young girl whose parents ignore her. Learning that her efforts to regain their affection causes them pain, she must decide whether to forgive them. less