In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying.

After her boyfriend is killed in a van in which she was also a passenger, Amish girl Katie Yoder finds herself suffering from depression and anxiety attacks. What-or who-will deliver Katie from the bondage of her fears? Freeman Bontrager has been attracted to Katie for years. Now that she's home, can he break through her emotional scars long enough to reach her heart? When a mysterious package brings Katie out of her despair, hope looms, until the...

This time the prayer group goes to an even deeper level. They've been together a whole year, and so many good things are happening! But that's just when the Enemy knows to attack--when our guard is down. Suddenly everything seems to be falling apart: Nony's family is in crisis, Jodi's teenagers seem out of control, Stu's new housemate makes her crawl the walls and Chandra discovers that money can't solve all her problems and sometimes even creates...

Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone.

Sara Murray had never met her mother's parents and was surprised to learn after her death that they were Amish living in Pennsylvania. When she is finally able to make the trip to meet them, she is shocked to learn someone else has been living with them and pretending to be Sara. Sara can't understand how quickly her grandparents are willing to forgive the imposter.

Will the schoolteacher ever find love? Lenore Lapp moved in with her grandparents due to her grandfather's failing health. Resigned to being single, Lenore throws herself into caring for her elders when she is not teaching in the local Amish school. When Jesse Smucker, a widower with a young child, moves into the area, Lenore wonders if she might finally have a chance at love. But something stands in the way of Lenore and Jesse's relationship. When...

A group of 12 extremely diverse women, assigned to a prayer group at a women's conference, become the best of friends as they support each other through the challenges and crises in their lives.

"From Thanksgiving and Christmas to rolling in the New Year, the Yada Yadas are 'decked out' to celebrate the holidays! Turkey dinners, tree trimming, decking the halls--it's that time of year again! And Jodi Baxter can't wait to celebrate. Her kids are coming home for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and then all of the Yadas are getting decked out for a big New Year's party. But God's idea of 'decked out' might just change the nature of their party plans....

As the sole survivor of a buggy accident that left her orphaned at age four, Linda Zook was reluctantly raised by her Uncle Reuben. She longs to be worthy of someone, but the lasting trauma of her injuries and embittered upbringing have destroyed her self-worth. When Hannah Peterson asks her to work at the Heart of Paradise Bed & Breakfast, she’s finally able to realize some confidence.Aaron Ebersol left the Amish community seventeen years ago when...

""Tender and healing... I'm prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary." -Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF. After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention...