"How can you believe in God in such a world as this, anyway?" Melvin asked. "I mean it’s crazy. Just look around you at the world. Does it look like a world that comes from the hand of a loving God? No way! No way! It looks like a world gone mad, a world gone out of control. I just can’t believe in God, I tell ya. I can’t believe in God’s so-called Son either. I’ve just got too many doubts about the way this world works. Too many doubts."

Jeanie was beside herself. She did not know what to do. Sunday was only three days away. It was a big day for her family. They had the celebration all planned. It would be just like it was the day that Jeanie’s older sister and brother were confirmed. Confirmation day was a very important day in the life of the Green family.

Jeanie did not want to let h…