Frank Carlson Library

The final volume in the "Mitford Years" series finds Father Tim contemplating the revival of a remote mountaintop church, a challenge he hopes will be his ultimate calling, but fears will be an impossible task.

Now at home again in Mitford, Father Tim and Cynthia find change in the air. Though Father Tim dislikes change, he dislikes retirement even more. A new challenge seems promising until an unexpected event propels him on a painful journey. For years, Father Tim has helped others find forgiveness; now he must find the courage and grace to forgive himself.

From the bestselling author of Church Folk and Second Sunday comes a hilarious and affecting novel about a god-loving, 40-something woman's quest for love.
Theresa Elaine Hopson, 46, owner of Miss Thang's Holy Ghost Corner and Church Women's Boutique is puzzled. She can't, for the life of her, figure out why even Baby Doll Henderson, despite her false teeth and her navy-blue-socks-with-yellow-jelly-sandals-wearing...

A retired Episcopal rector accepts an interim post on an island off North Carolina. The novel describes the way he and his wife minister to the needs of the parishioners and their low-key social life. By the author of Out to Canaan.

Rainer takes you on a journey to discover-- or rediscover-- the privilege and the joy of church membership. He shows you how to make a real commitment to your church, and make a positive impact on its community and the world.

"For a generation that has largely said, "count me out," church represents a complicated relationship of both longing and apathy. There's a history there- a past full of confusion and hurt, but a past that often is impossible to abandon. In Searching for Sunday, Rachel Evans exposes her own thorny relationship with the church, articulating the concerns, frustration, and hopes of many of her peers."-- back cover

It has been a difficult year for the ladies of Hope Springs, North Carolina, who had to bid a final farewell to a good friend. But Beatrice Newgarden Witherspoon, Jessie Jenkins, and Louise Fisher are now ready to take on a new project: they're determined to find a husband for their young, single pastor friend Charlotte Stewart, since she's too busy running a shelter in New Mexico to look for a suitable companion herself. The matchmaking doesn't go...

With the holiday season drawing near, the ladies of Hope Springs, North Carolina, are making plans for a cake cookbook, a project that will hopefully lift the spirits of a beloved member of their close-knit quartet. Margaret Peele is downhearted now that her cancer has returned. All she wants this Christmas is to visit her mother's Texas hometown and to see their absent friend, pastor Charlotte Stewart, who left Hope Springs to run a battered women's...

Deftly portraying life in a small mountain town, focusing on family, faith and the simpler things in life, Light From Heaven closes Karon's Mitford Series. The plot focuses foremost on Father Tim and his quest to revive an abandoned, mountaintop church, yet also tells the stories of the towns citizens. Through their trials, tribulations and successes, the citizens of this small town blossom due to their perseverance and faith in God.