Author Description

Arnold Rathbourne, Jr., is a Protestant pastor who tries very hard to serve God and his congregation and who sometimes succeeds in spite of himself. The Accidental Presidents are eight men who occupied the highest office in the land because their predecessors died in office. Arnie and the Accidental Presidents anchor this collection of short stories and poems about what it means to be human. Being a pastor can be funny even when you don't intend it to be, and being President can lift to you levels of accomplishment you didn't dream were possible.There are other stories......an elderly man sits with his dying wife and reflects on life;...a magician tries for one last time to grab the golden ring of success;...a reporter realizes a lifelong dream when he finds a woman named Gloria in a place called Excelsus Deo.