I never saw myself as a "bad child" when I was growing up, but others, including my parents, often did; at least that's what they sometimes said. When I was 9, I was sent home from Vacation Bible School for being "disruptive." When I was 11, I was kicked out of Cub Scouts for fighting. When I was 12, I was baptized, but when I was 13, I quit church for good. When I was 16 a girl across the street invited me to her church. When I was 17 I met Linda Wesner (at that church), now