Oilman #2 weighed his career options with considerable care and decided to follow the call to become a man of the cloth.

The transition felt natural.  After more than one investor presentation, he had been complemented on his persuasive skills.

Why not establish a church in a strip center?  Maybe even in a mall where rents went down every passing month.

He told the few people in the oil business who would still talk to him that his calling was preordained.