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Dan Davidson is as strong and sensitive a soul as one could hope to be. Incidents from his childhood, young adulthood,marriage, and career as a United Methodist minister demonstrate a truly extraordinary man. Nevertheless, as Dan's career progresses from pastoring growing churches to being selected to serve as a bishop of the denomination, it seems he becomes an example of how 'power corrupts'. Finally, confronted in court by attorney Sonny Richardson, in a class action lawsuit accusing the denomination of breach of contract, Dan will have the opportunity to redeem or condemn himself. Will he be the one to show that a faithful believer could stay and serve within the denomination, or will he be revealed to be another spiritual leader corrupted by the power and position the church has bestowed upon him?
About the author
Terry was a student-pastor in the United Methodist before turning twenty years old. After serving for fourteen years and gaining a bachelors degree in Psychology and a master's in Divinity, Ewing surrendered his ordination in response to institutional betrayals and religious abuses practiced in the denomination. Many of his personal experiences as a UMC pastor are incorporated into the book through the Kyle Fedder character, a witness for the prosecution. Terry founded Plumbline Ministries in 1995 and the counseling center has grown steadily. Supported by his wife of forty-four years, the staff of Plumbline Ministries, and dozens of counselees with similar experiences of religious traumas, Terry wrote this novel in hopes of informing UMC members who have been denied knowledge of the institutional abuses, and to encourage every believer to develop a compassionate response to the victims of religious traumas and abuses.
