Chapter 9, Out of Step Summary and Analysis

Michele's father yells that she can't date Dave. Michele tries to reason with him that Dave is a good worship leader in their church, but she knows that her father thinks Dave is too good and that threatens him. Rockstone Community Church had once been the biggest church in Oklahoma City, but it had been in decline until Dave came. The congregation refers to Dave as "The Music Man". Michele's father didn't like that Dave's music takes up more and more of the service. Since he believes that a service shouldn't last longer than an hour, his own sermons get shorter and shorter.

Michele continues to see Dave on the sly, until her father catches them together. After he sends Michele out to the car, her father tells Dave that she is going to marry...