Courting the Country Preacher Four Stories of Faith, Hope... and Falling in Love |
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Author:
| Couch, Angela K. Miller, Carolyn Musch, Naomi Trumbo, Kari |
ISBN: | 979-8-89274-910-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2024 |
Publisher: | Recorded Books, Inc.
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Book Format: | Downloadable audio file |
List Price: | USD $109.00 |
Book Description:
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Every Preacher Needs a Wife, Right? Being a preacher in the countryside is not for the faint of heart nor faith. Four inexperienced preachers face a myriad of challenges including those who figure a man of the cloth needs a wife. Can they meet the expectations of "helpful" congregants and be true to their hearts? Convincing the Circuit Preacher by Carolyn Miller Australia, 1863 -- As soon as Dorothea Maclean saw the country preacher, ...
More DescriptionEvery Preacher Needs a Wife, Right? Being a preacher in the countryside is not for the faint of heart nor faith.
Four inexperienced preachers face a myriad of challenges including those who figure a man of the cloth needs
a wife. Can they meet the expectations of "helpful" congregants and be true to their hearts? Convincing the
Circuit Preacher by Carolyn Miller Australia, 1863 -- As soon as Dorothea Maclean saw the country preacher,
she knew Mr. Hammill was the man of her dreams. Now she just needs to convince her wealthy parents--and Mr.
Hammill. Mail Order Minister by Kari Trumbo South Dakota, 1889 -- Olive's parents mail-ordered a preacher and
prayed he'd be a husband for their daughter. The rest of the town--and Olive--have other ideas. The Mountie's
Rival by Angela K. Couch Canada, 1907 -- Tired of living in his twin's shadow, Jonathan Burton is frustrated
to find himself serving as a still wet-behind-the-ears preacher in the same community as his Mountie brother.
How is he to find a wife when all the eligible women of the community seem enamored by his dashing brother in
scarlet uniform? The Angel and the Sky Pilot by Naomi Musch Minnesota, 1910 -- A preacher with a checkered
past sets off to win souls in the lumber camps like the "sky pilots" before him. But can he earn the respect of
hard-living men--and still respect himself--after a local trader's daughter joins the congregation?