Converting Kate
Kate was raised in the Church of the Holy Divine - it's influenced everything in her life from her homeschooling to her ugly handmade clothes. But ever since the death of her nonreligious father, Kate has suspected there's more to life than memorizing Bible passages. Taking advantage of their move to a new town, Kate - to her devout mother's horror - quits the Holy Divine. She replaces it with the cross-country team at her public school, her father's beloved book collection, and services at a more mainstream Christian church. But these new diversions don't bring all the answers she's looking for. And as Kate struggles to come to terms with her father's death and her mother's blind allegiance to the Holy Divine, she discovers there's a big difference between religion and spirituality - and the two don't always go hand in hand. Awards for the Book:
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 I looked at Mom. "Has it ever, even once in your whole life, occurred to you that maybe God accepts other churches besides yours?" I ask her in a voice that surprises me with its steadiness and calmness. I continue with a speech, one I've carefully prepared in my head for months. "Did you even once wonder if maybe the Holy Divine Church isn't as special as you think? I mean, isn't it arrogant to think that a small group of people, who have inbred for generations and make it a practice not to study other religions, really have the monopoly on religious truth?" Mom's eyes darken; one blue blood vessel along her temple bulges. Her voice is quiet and so slow and steady it frightens me. "You've. Been. Reading. Your. Father's. Books." Read an 11 page excerpt
"Converting Kate" song composed & played by Marc Peterson.
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