Chapter 7: Preacher Finds a Corpse - Bonus Audiobook Episode GP704

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Episode GP704 Description

Evan remembers high times with Bob when they were boys on the farm. They'd argued recently. Was that what drove Bob to shoot himself?

GP704 Preacher Finds a Corpse - Chapter 7 (26:22 minutes)

Chapter 7

Wednesday 1:30 pm

With Evan

Evan had to skip lunch, a choice he rarely made. But he’d promised to return to Edie before she had to leave the house.

On the drive over, a few brief calls took care of some of the essential arrangements. Hill and Sons Mortuary. The office secretary at First Baptist. The two newspapers. He tried not to worry he was tempting fate by driving on icy roads as he juggled his phone.

For a guy who just wanted to let go, I’m up to my neck in responsibility.

Immediate pressing matters aside, Evan’s thoughts returned to how he might have chosen a different path. He was beginning to suspect his returning here from Boston would prove to be a huge mistake, maybe even the onset of another blue period. Shrinks call it depression. Theologians call it the long, dark night of the soul. Crises of both faith and mortality had blown him back to his roots in the black dirt, but he’d assumed those storms were over. Now here was the jolt of another devastating loss, and he feared what was left of his faith couldn’t withstand the hit.

How can I help anyone else when my own life is such a mess?

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