Glory Boughton has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain. Brilliant, lovable, and...
Clergy
- Author:Robinson, MarilynneSummary:
- Author:Binchy, MaeveSummary:
Clara Casey, separated mother of two, had been hoping for a more glamorous post than the shabby, run-down inner-city cardiac clinic. Ania had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life abandons her, life...
- Author:Robinson, MarilynneSummary:
In 1956, as a minister approaches the end of his life, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.
- Author:Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:
Butterfly and Ethan are two high school friends mired in unhappy marriages. After a chance encounter, they embark on an illicit affair. But when Butterfly is found out, stress is placed on her already struggling marriage and her...
- Author:TOLSTOY, Leo NikoleyevichSummary:
Prince Stepan Kasatsky experiences a disappointment with his fianc ̌and decides to become a monk! There is a story line, but beneath it, Father Sergius struggles to find peace and, if not happiness, then at least contentment. But he is...
- Author:Oliver, GregSummary:
A pioneering and beloved Canadian legend comes to life
Father David Bauer changed lives--at the rink, in the classroom, and at the pulpit. Bauer's dream created the first truly national Canadian hockey team. In 1963,...
- Author:McCrumb, SharynSummary:
When hotshot stock car driver Camber Berkley crashes his ride on a winding mountain road, the wreckage interrupts the funeral of a wealthy racing fan. The folks of Judas Grove, Tennessee, give Camber a choice. He can either spend three...
- Author:Hinkson, JakeSummary:
Richard Weatherford is a successful small-town preacher in the Arkansas Ozarks. He's a proud husband and father of five and has worked hard to grow his loyal flock with strong sermons and smart community outreach. But while Weatherford...
- Author:Payne, StewartSummary:
Cut from the Cloth of Fogo is Stewart Payne’s memoir, tracing his humble beginnings on Fogo Island in the 1930s and his journey to becoming one of the most respected Anglican clergymen in Newfoundland and Labrador. With modesty...
- Author:Brown, SueSummary:
Sequel to 'Morning Report' For Tommy Bradley, a hand working on the Lost Cow Ranch in rural Texas, admitting his sexuality is impossible, even if his bosses, Luke and Simon, are gay—Tommy has spent his entire life hiding the truth from...
- Author:Gibson, HeathSummary:
"The best thing to do for someone who thinks he’s lost his whole life is to make him feel like it’s been given back to him. That’s why I can do this. Fire can fix it." William Tucker always does the right thing. He excels at high school...
- Author:Estleman, Loren D.Summary:
This action-packed tale finds Murdock and his trusted five-shot Deane Adams revolver enforcing order in a world of chaos.
- Author:BOYD, NeilSummary:
Neil Boyd does not spare his own blushes as he gives a lively and authentic account of his initiation into priestly life.
- Author:D'Offizi, MarioSummary:
Bless Me Father is the true story of an incredible South African life. Born into a violent and broken family, and growing up in a variety of institutions, Cape Town based poet and writer Mario d'Offizi tells his remarkable, often...
- Author:Du Boulay, ShirleySummary:
Considered by many to be one of the great religious figures of the twentieth century and at the forefront of East-West dialogue, Bede Griffiths will gain even more recognition with this definitive biography.
- Author:Karon, JanSummary:
It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa...
- Author:Conwell, Russell H.Summary:
Conwell's manifesto imparts one extraordinary lesson: all the wealth you could ever dream of, search for, or yearn after, in whatever form you wish for, exists right beneath your own feet.
- Author:Henry, DarynSummary:
A shrewd synthesizer, gifted popularizer, and inspiring founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance movement, A.B. Simpson (1843-1919) was enmeshed in the most crucial threads of evangelical Christianity at the turn of the...
- Author:Adler, David A.Summary:
A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
- Author:Karon, JanSummary:
Mitford's longtime Eposcopal priest, Father Tim, fills in at a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters.