accomplish great things. I’m a pastor. I enjoy talking with people about God, Scripture, life, death, their families, and their character.” The previous pastor had been forced out by the congregation a few years earlier, and the people had been wary, slow to warm up to the new minister. But over three years, Jerry had won their respect and even their affection. From my conversations with members of his church, I knew he had become their pastor. “He’s real,” said one. “We can tell he loves us,”