Welcome to Church ...It's Not What You Think Nobody truly falls in love in high school. Besides, all James really cares about is surfing, sand and fires on the beach with his friends. God is nowhere in the picture, and with a drunk of a dad and a worn out homecoming queen of a mom, his life changes in a thousand mile way, as he and his mother leave home and disappear into the gray Seattle mist. From San Clemente to Queen Anne, James will soon realize that much of what he thinks about love, God and relationships is about to change as he discovers a world behind the velvet passage.