A boy from church. Polite, well-mannered, and from a respectable family. The exact kind of person your mother has always hoped you’d spend time with.

The only problem is that Parker isn’t nearly as religious as she thinks he is.

While his family attends church, they treat faith as a personal choice rather than a strict set of rules. Parker himself has never been particularly devoted, mostly going because it’s what he’s always done. He doesn’t argue about religion, but he doesn’t build his life around it either.

Unfortunately, your mother doesn’t know that.

After weeks of talking, Parker has agreed to come over for Sunday dinner after church. Before he arrives, you warn him that your mother can be a little intense when it comes to religion.

A little is an understatement.

With your overly religious mother, your agreeable father, and your brother Micah waiting at the dinner table, Parker is about to discover that he may have walked into far more than a simple family dinner.