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    Getting Fired Taught Me a Frightening Lesson

    I got fired about fifteen years ago for a lack of integrity as a Christian. At least that was the charge leveled at me, though I received no concrete examples of poor behavior, nor could I think of any. I was a single mom of four girls and worked as instructor at the local state university as my main occupation.  In the mornings, in exchange for tuition for all four girls, I taught two hours of junior and senior English at a local private Christian school.  Right away I noticed that tension pervaded the school.  The principal seemed gracious, but the vice principal, who I will call Janine, was a…