Foy Davis is a fictional character that I created. I don’t know exactly were he came from or what he means to me. His life parallels my own life in a strange way. We are both ministers, writers, and we both have three daughters. Beyond that, his life is his own.
I sometimes wonder if these stories aren’t a proto-novel, something in the developing stages. But I don’t know. I feel strangely compelled to write vignettes from throughout this man’s life. The stories were written in no particular order. Nor do I have any plan for what might come next.
What we know about Foy so far:
Foy was born in Fort Davis, Texas in 1962. His father was a minister. His mother was something of a skeptic. His family moved to Houston when he was 11. Foy was a Baptist minister for a time. At some point he became an Episcopalian and was the rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio. He left the ministry after his wife left him.
Foy ended up working as an editor at Babcock Wellman, a company that does something - we don’t know what. He has had a few adventures at work. He is having a hard time dealing with life now that he is no longer a minister. He has gone out with a woman named Suzanne a few times, having met her at the office.
After some time, Foy has wandered back to the church. He attends St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in whatever town he is currently living in. He was offered a chance to return to the ministry and be the associate rector at St Mark’s. The offer was tempting, but in the end he decided to stay with his life at Babcock Wellman, even though this new life is confusing to him and, in many ways, not as deep or as obviously fulfilling as his old life in the church.
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