These fictional tales reflect the human experience of a clergyman who seeks to be a friend at large.  Here we meet:  · The melancholic woman who often cannot speak but thanks him for listening to her silence.· The young woman betrayed, before the people of her small town, on her wedding day by the young man who promised to marry her.· The man with the $25 mail-order ordination certificate who becomes a priest to those unwelcome at other churches.· The gay man whose kindness to students is reveal...