BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH and PRESCHOOL

In This Mountain

Jan Karon's series of Mitford novels has touched, enchanted,

 and amused millions of readers - and left us longing for more.

 With this seventh book in the best selling Mitford Years series, readers old and new will "fall in love with Mitford and desire never to emerge (Rocky Mountain News). 

In This Mountain finds Father Tim and Cynthia again living in Mitford, following their stint on Whitecap Island a few years ago.

 In the little town that's become America's favorite home away from home, life hums along. Dooley looks toward his career as a vet. Joe Ivey and Fancy Skinner fight a haircut price war that takes no prisoners. Percy steps out on a limb with a risky new menu item at the Grill. Uncle Billy feels pressure to produce a surefire joke, and the Man in the Attic returns to Mitford as the town holds its breath to see what happens.

 Though Father Tim dislikes change, he dislikes retirement even more. His wife wins awards, receives bouquets, gets invited to tour the country. What's he doing? Staring at a blank page in a proposed book of essays, waging a losing battle against moles, and filling an occasional pulpit.

 Thus, when he decides to take on a unique and difficult ministry, he feels newly energized. He even begins to think he likes change - until an unexpected event propels him on a painful journey that shakes his faith, his marriage, and the whole town of Mitford.

 Once again, Jan Karon proves she's "a writer who reflects contemporary culture more fully than almost any living novelist" (Los Angeles Times). As always, she transports us with characters who step off the page and into our hearts, and cheers us with her great sense of fun and magnificent story telling. 

By the last page of In This Mountain, you may have become so absorbed you'll have missed the sound of the oven timer going off - again. 

 So, come home to Mitford. And treat yourself to a rare commodity in this world:

 Complete satisfaction.

“There's a little oasis of wholesomeness amid the sex-and-violence bestseller lists: 

Jan Karon's Mitford novels.”

The Wall Street Journal