Showing results for "the-field" in Christian Fiction

Ruth leaves her home with a barren womb and an empty future after losing her husband. She forsakes her abusive parents and follows the woman she has grown to love as a true parent, her late husband's mother, Naomi.

Lilac Nielsen's dream has come true: handsome young Reverend Ethan Pritchard has finally noticed her. Yet she must balance this new courtship with the pursuit of another dream—the publication of her artwork in a New York paper. She has secretly been submitting a series of drawings under a pen name, and if anyone traces the drawings back to her, the entire Nielsen family could be put in danger.

Shon was studying abroad when she thought God told her to return home. Without hesitation, she packed up and caught the next flight back to the States. The moment her plane touched down, bombs went off across the US. She didn't know if this was the start of World War III or the end of the world. Surely, God hadn't called her home for this...? The bombs destroyed almost everything. And whatever was left withered away in the radiation left behind, forcing survivors to live indoors or underground.

The only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, Father Emilio Sandoz has barely begun to recover from his ordeal when the Society of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing for another mission to Alpha Centauri. Despite his objections and fear, he cannot escape his past or the future.

In this collection, three former friends have found success in the floral industry, but happiness—and love—remain elusive.

Anti-conspiratorialist author and lecturer Chasen Derrick has landed a lucrative but highly suspect teaching post at the exclusive Dysart Academy in Southern California. When the dean of students asks him to lead a field trip to England, Chasen reluctantly agrees, and the first few days of the tour go smoothly.

In the early months of 1775, war is brewing in the American colonies. Although frightened, 18-year-old Betsy Russell of Menotomy Village, Massachusetts, wants to be prepared in case of attack by British troops. Her father, prosperous farmer Jason, is the fourth generation of Russells on this land, yet their very rights as British Colonials are being stripped away one by one. Will the King of England take their land as well? Tensions are growing here in the countryside west of Boston and the outbreak of battle seems a certainty....

Cole Sanders is a changed man. The university quarterback questions his direction in life after serving on a mission trip in Honduras. The one glimmer of hope through his confusion is the fresh perspective he now has about his tutor, Audrey. She possesses something beautiful inside and out - something that might help him become the person he wants to be. But can Audrey trust her heart to a player so similar to the one who stole so much from her in the past?

When devoted Governess Abigail McFadden discovers her charge has run off to join the Union army on his 14th birthday, her impetuous decision to go after him catapults her behind enemy lines and into a life-changing fight for survival. Failing to locate the boy, Abby is stranded in Confederate Georgia with no means to get home.

After Raine’s dad walked out, Ginevieve Lightly never lived in one place too long, a rambling lifestyle that defined her daughter’s youth. When their car dies in Banister Falls, Wisconsin, Gin promises Raine they can stay until she finishes her senior year of high school. Gin will do anything to make sure her daughter has a bright future...a future that’s compromised when Raine reveals she’s pregnant.

Abraham was working in the fields one Summers day, working the plough with his horse. He was distracted in thought as he worked by the heat of the days sun. Noticing something shining in the dirt as it was turned by the plough he found a tiny yellow rock. Will this be something that would change the community for ever...or is it worthless? Over the next days and weeks the community go through many trials and issues over this discovery and the final twist is most unexpected as Abraham seeks to do the “right thing” by everyone, and God.

On the Camino de Santiago, Etienne and his companions must save Sister Fransie’s friends and reunite all seven of the keys that unlock the Templars’ greatest treasure. As they attempt to do this, they are stalked by the most powerful of the Seven Deadly Sins, who wants the keys for itself. Now, Etienne and his companions must use all the wisdom they have learned on the Camino to defeat this foe and unlock the Templars' greatest treasure. But, the question is, should they? Does a fate worse than the seven deadly sins lie in wait?

Eugene Field was well known for his light hearted children’s poems which included, “Wynken, Blynken and Nod”, “The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat”, and the “Dinky Bird”, as well humorous quips that he wrote while working at the Chicago Daily News. Field also published the above mentioned collection of short stories which has a diversity of settings but all illustrate beautifully the essence of faith and love with warmth, humor and sentimentality. Marty Krz delivers the tales with characterizations of the voices that will transport you into the stories themselves.

With Isabella and Molay both trapped in Paris, the weight of the world hangs on the shoulders of two unsuspecting nuns who are caught up in a game of control for the medieval world. Sister Fransie and Sister Caroline must flee France and smuggle the key to the Templars' greatest secret across the Camino de Santiago. On their pilgrimage, the sisters are forced to face the seven deadly sins, which have taken on a physical form and threaten to stop them at every turn.

When the cruel elements of the Montana Territory inflict tragedy on the Bennett family, life is forever changed. Jess is certain the answer to her pain lies in starting over. Her brother Marc is determined to stay true to what he has always known. Amidst the constant battle for survival and the conflict in their hearts, both siblings stand at the threshold of surrender to God. What will they choose?

The mysterious Watcher finally arrives as a harbinger of terrible news. He sends Rashnir and Zeh-Ahbe’ on a suicide mission in order to save their friends. Despite the Luciferian Deathsquads, bounty hunters, and a secretly excavated monolith unearthed by Lilth’s wendigo, the ranger and lycan charge headlong into the mouth of danger: the arch-mage’s home at the Temple of Light.

A man on the brink of self-destruction, Allan Howarth is unhappy in work, in marriage, and in family. He is stressed by finances and relationship problems. A letter from a forgotten friend invites Allan to Karsten Field. Allan suddenly finds his life changing in ways he could never imagine. His faith is challenged and renewed. When Allan thinks he finally found the perect life, he is at risk of losing it all. Will his last chance finally set him free?

Our Family's Wagon Train on the Oregon Trail: The Onion Fields of God, is an inspirational story (with scriptures) about one family's journey along the Oregon Trail, headed west on a wagon train to start their new lives. They started out wanting to farm onions, well, except for the oldest son Jeb. What he finds along the way changes his mind, their destination, and the fate of his family and neighbors forever.

Sarah Cosgrave picked up the guitar at age 16 as a way to escape her life with an alcoholic father. Sweetwater Canyon gave her a career and the best of friends. Now, called to her dying father's bedside, Sarah is forced to leave her band - the one thing that saved her. With her music career on hold and her past threatening to silence her, Sarah must make choices she swore she'd never have to face again. Her faith in her path is true; but can she have faith in Tom Pawlak, the man who once betrayed her, in order to find the peace she desperately needs?

Fear has been Tara's constant companion since age nine when she witnessed her mother's murder. Tara's father moves his family to the ancient castle of Raven's Cliff, far from the ships that could carry her back to India and the answers she believes lie there. Andrew offers her friendship and guides her gently to the One who will give her peace. Will she find hope for something other than revenge?