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21) Heavens above!
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Peter Sellers gives one of his most surprising performances as Reverend John Smallwood, an idealistic prison chaplain who is accidentally assigned to a wealthy parish known for its popular sedative/laxative. But when Smallwood insists on ministering to both rich and poor alike, he infuriates the needy, the greedy, the religious hierarchy and even the government itself.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Barsetshire volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mr. Crawley, curate of Hogglestock, falls deeply into debt, bringing suffering to himself and his family. To make matters worse, he is accused of theft, can't remember where he got the counterfeit check he is alleged to have stolen, and must stand trial.
Author
Publisher
Fawcett
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
In this antic riff on Hawthornes Scarlet Letter, the Reverend Tom Marshfield, a latter-day Arthur Dimmesdale, is sent west from his Midwestern parish in sexual disgrace. At a desert retreat dedicated to rest, recreation, and spiritual renewal, this fortyish serial fornicator is required to keep a journal whose thirty-one weekly entries constitute the book you now hold in your hand. In his wonderfully overwrought style he lays bare his soul...
24) All mortal flesh
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having long concealed his feelings for the Reverend Clare Fergusson, Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne is stunned when he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his wife and risks everything in his investigation to find the real culprit.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Love brings together what peer pressure and lifestyles seek to keep apart. Jamie is a straight-laced preacher's daughter and Landon is an unmotivated delinquent. When events thrust him into her world, he begins an unexpected journey he'll never forget.
27) The brethren
Author
Series
Annie's people volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Torn between her forbidden art and the Amish church, Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, moves from her childhood home to live with her shunned friend, Esther, which increases her community's disapproval of her.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The shepherd of the hills is Harold Bell Wright's mostly fictional tale of people living in the foothills of the Ozarks. The story focuses on Old Matt and the Shepherd and the healing that is possible with love, trust and friendship. -- Adapted from the back cover.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
The sleepy English village of Dibley is plunged into an uproar when its new vicar turns out to be a woman. And not just any woman, but the unconventional Geraldine Granger who brings her own earthy spirit and humor to the pulpit.
Merry Christmas: Alice gets "the wrong end of a very, very long stick" when she spots a supermodel in her undies in the vicarage. It isn't long before the entire village believes that Gerry is not only one of the first female...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Autumn: Fresh from her honeymoon, Alice can't understand why she's been gaining weight and "qualifies for the vomit Olympics," and David's prodigal brother Simon returns to Dibley. But is Simon in fact, "the spawn of Satan?"
Winter: It's time for the Christmas pageant and Frank, Jim and Owen are ready to audition for the three kings. Martin Luther, Billy Jean and Elvis! Gerry is determined to make this the most memorable pageant ever, and she just...
Author
Series
Annie's people volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Annie Zook, the preacher's eldest daughter, is expected to join the Amish church, but at 20 she is 'still deciding.' Because of the strict rules that guide the Plain community, she must continually squelch her artistic passion, although it has become her solace.
35) The thorn birds
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This is the the chronicle of three generations of McClearys, ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land wile contending with the bitterness, frailty and secrets that penetrate their family. Most of all, it is the story of only daughter Meggie and her lifelong relationship with the haunted priest Father Ralph de Bricassart - an intense joining of two hearts and souls that dangerously oversteps sacred boundaries of ethics and dogma. A poignant...
36) Come a stranger
Author
Series
Tillerman cycle volume 5
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
c1986.
Language
English
Description
Minas deep love for an adult minister drives her to seek a way to give him an unforgettable remembrance, the restoration of his faith.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Follows the Camden family, with Eric, the minister father, and Annie, the stay-at-home mom, and how they deal with the drama of having seven children. The kids range in age from toddlers to adults with families of their own. The friends, neighbors, and love interests of the various members of the family are heavy issues and are addressed in a real-life manner.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie are hit with troubling news when their son Simon is in a serious car accident, but after his recovery leaves home to start college. Meanwhile, Ruthie discovers the trials of having a boyfriend, all while helping Annie care for the twins. Lucy and her husband celebrate their first year anniversary. Eric and Annie become grandparents for the first time.
40) A new song
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In A New Song, Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters: a church organist with a mysterious past, a lovelorn bachelor placing personal ads, a mother battling paralyzing depression. They also find that Mitford is never far...
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