Churched details are American boys’ experiences growing up in a culture where men weren’t allowed to let their hair grow to touch their ears (”an abomination!”), women wouldn’t have been caught dead in a pair of pants (unless swimming), and the Pastor couldn’t preach a sermon without a healthy dose of hellfire and brimstone. Matthew Paul Turner grapples with the absurdity of a Sunday School Barbie burning, the passionate annual boxing match between the pastor and Satin, and the terror rapture movies - while growing into a young man who amidst the chaotic mess of religion, falls in love with Jesus.