When a seemingly carefree playboy sets course to win the affections of a virginal Christian matchmaker, he collides with a moral blockade that buckles only when she discovers the personal trauma that cracked his moral compass. Romcom/Drama. 1st Runner-up in the 2017 Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contest, comedy category.

SYNOPSIS:

Is God dead or just not listening?

When Bachelors BIX (30) and JONAH head out to “conquer virgins” (Bix has a penchant for medieval metaphors), they meet ANGIE (25), a devout Christian and real virgin, and MAGGIE, her black, almost-virgin roomie. Angie hosts a matchmaker call-in radio show run by FATHER JOHN (45). The first meet is a mind-joust; still, Bix is intrigued. “Snow White” will be his "Spring Crusade."

The second meet is worse. Shakespearean Insults and innuendo fly. Angie swats the annoying gadfly and storms off with Maggie, who has taken a shine to Jonah. But Bix persists. However, the third meet goes oddly awry when Angie’s verbal swordplay touches jokingly on his mother’s disappointment with him. Bix suddenly walks out, evidently disturbed. Angie regrets her words.

Father John, concerned about Angie -- the orphaned daughter of a lifelong friend –- suggests a date with his brother, a lapsed churchgoer. Angie eagerly accepts, but the thrill of a blind date is not to be. The brother is Bix! This fourth meet adds nuance to the word “catastrophe.”

At the church studio, Angie, still disturbed, mixes up a penitent phone caller’s message with one of her radio caller's and sends Father John to hear a confession. He arrives at a motel(!) and encounters buxom RACHEL (40), who’s expecting a male escort. The good Father flees his half-naked “penitent.”

Worried about Bix’s mental state, Jonah seeks advice from Father John. Waiting in the church office, Jonah can’t resist trying on vestments. Alas, the now truly penitent Rachel drops in to apologize. Jonah, flustered, impersonates a priest –- so well that he hears her confession!

But when Bix finds out Jonah has "betrayed" him, he explodes and strikes him. Jonah, crushed, walks out. Bix seeks solace from Father John, and his secret comes out: a year earlier Bix was driving the car in an accident that killed their mother! The brothers argue responsibility, logic, and philosophy, but a phone call interrupts -- Jonah has been hit by a car! Bix is devastated.

When Father John explains the trauma behind Bix’s glib façade. Angie's resistance crumbles. She rushes to the hospital and encourages Bix to have faith Jonah will pull through. He smiles at her naiveté.

Indeed, Jonah lapses into a coma. Bix’s inner pain and rage erupt. In his brother’s church, he rails at the impassive Being Who ignores suffering humanity. Images of Christ look on him as he begs for Jonah’s life until, desolate, he collapses, unaware that Angie and Father John have been observing from the rear of the church. Angie is stunned by the depth of Bix's torment.

But the situation brightens when Jonah spontaneously recovers (was it Bix’ prayers?), and his acid-tongued Jewish MOM arrives to put everything and everyone in their place. Maggie’s anxiety dissolves when Mom quickly warms to her. After all, Jonah's dad had a weak spot for beautiful black women, too.

Maggie even persuades the "Ice Queen" to melt. Angie finally lets go, grabs Bix, and locks lips and souls.

A month later, Jonah is back on his feet, and Father John conducts Bix and Angie's wedding service. At the altar, Angie steams as the brothers argue logic and philosophy. Did prayer save Jonah? Was it coincidence? Maybe God is alive and listening after all.