Dealing With Deception
Kevin Miller
Any action to expose lying seems a foray into enemy-occupied territory.
—Kevin Miller
The phone call couldn't have come at a better time.
Just that morning Ken McMahon had mustered the courage to fire his choir director. He needed to do it—he'd been putting it off for too long—but he hated to do it all the same. During his thirteen years at Levittown Community Church, people had often told Ken he was an encourager, a rescuer, the kind of person who could bring out the best in others. Maybe that's why it hurt so much to let Sharon go.
But the call took away the morning's bitter aftertaste. An old seminary friend who was now teaching at a college called out of the blue to say, "If you're ever looking for a music director, there's a sharp young guy who is coming to Philly for graduate work in music. He's one in a million."
Ken got the name and number and set up a breakfast appointment for the following Tuesday.
On Monday Ken called the guy's home pastor. The pastor was high on him. "Steve Borchard? Every time he was home from college, he jumped in with the choir. One summer he helped organize and lead a week-long ensemble tour. Another time he got our high school kids—can you believe it—to put together a cantata." Steve certainly sounded motivated.
The Tuesday interview confirmed everything Ken had heard. The first thing that struck Ken was Steve's rugged good looks—tall, about six-two, raven black hair with a slight wave to it. Good looks never hurt Kennedy's popularity, Ken mused while they waited for their pancakes. We won't have trouble recruiting sopranos. Steve talked fast, and his hands were always moving, as if he were trying to direct Ken through a difficult aria. But Steve struck Ken as a mover and a shaker.
"I'm excited," ...
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