The next morning, Brian and Kate got up early, showered, and went downstairs to make breakfast. Their parents were leaving to visit a sister church a few towns over that was having a guest speaker. They wouldn't be home until late because of a scheduled evening sermon. Now that they were older, they could decide whether to go with their parents or not. Brian and Kate ate breakfast with their parents, eagerly waiting for t...

Growing up can be tough, even tougher when you are a Pastor's kid, or PK for short. That's how it was for Brian and Kate O'Dell. They were the children of the pastor of the local Episcopal church. They were expected to uphold a certain standard of propriety and decorum. They were each other's fiercest allies and greatest weakness. Their father had shown them that the parishioners always had an angle and wanted something f...

As kids go, Brian and Kate are normal, average kids, even if they are the pastor's kids. When they were younger, they would squabble over this and that but quickly realized that they only really had each other to rely on. They would wrestle over the last can of soda or the TV remote whenever their favorite show was on. Brian was taller and would hold it above his head until Kate would wrestle him to the ground. Things too...