Summary

Megan and Grace were painting a friend's basement one afternoon when all her criticisms and concerns about the church seemed to hit her at once. She wept, but managed to hide her tears from Grace. Most significantly, she felt she could no longer support the church's ongoing campaign of antagonism against those they believed were sinful. “God was not in this place,” she recalls thinking, “...We were a deluded people” (163). She reinstalled Words with Friends on her phone and then decided to share her feelings with Grace.

In Chapter 7, “Ye Shall Be Judged,” Grace began avoiding Megan after she told her how she felt about the church. Chad (“C.G.”) told her to slow down and think carefully about what she was doing. She was consumed with anxiety about leaving the rest of her family behind, particularly her sister Bekah. She contemplated the...