Without any prospects of teaching again, I fell into a severe depression. I considered seeing a psychologist, but remembered how often a student told me I should be published. A project would distract me from my misery, and be cheaper than a psychologist, so I googled “how to write a manuscript” and rewrote the Steps of Faith series into a manuscript format.

THE MAKING OF A BOOK
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PART 10 FIRST DRAFT
The phone call I received after I taught my last class revealed things I did not know.
“I know why you walked out of the church,” said the wife of one of the deacons. You are not alone. A lot of people are having problems with the pastor.” She told me about the confrontation she had with him, and the names of people who had already left the church. The deacons were meeting secretly to pray for the church hemorrhaging members. She pleaded with me to return. I returned because Rod was not ready to leave the church.
It was a mistake to walk out of the church. Rev. Meyers had remained in her church until God resolved the problem between her and her pastor. Instead of taking…
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