For Richer For Poorer
It is autumn in Cherish, Michigan and Pastor Maggie is busy with life at Loving the Lord Community Church. Learning how to juggle married life while caring for her many parishioners keeps Maggie on her toes. She is not only planning a busy fall schedule with her congregation, but she is preparing a group of church folks to fly to Ghana, Africa for a two-week mission trip.
Things get interesting when the richest man in town comes back to Cherish from New York, where he has been humiliated by his wife. Darcy Keller, owner of the Quick Mix Company in Cherish, comes back with his tail between his legs and a chip on his shoulder. His sister, Priscilla drags him to Loving the Lord against his will. What will happen when he sees a woman from his Cherish past sitting in the pew?
The people in Bawjiase, Ghana are thrilled to have members of Loving the Lord visit their Children’s Center. Especially since Pastor Maggie’s brother, Bryan, works tirelessly with the children and the people of the village.
This book takes the reader from Cherish to Bawjiase with alternate chapters. Maggie spends time remembering the tumultuous autumn in Cherish with funerals, a raucous Thanksgiving preparation and dinner, and the struggle to help some of her parishioners recognize there are needs in every community, even Cherish.
Love is not only in the air for newlyweds, Jack and Maggie. Other relationships form and flourish. Some surprising to Maggie herself! Maggie’s secret worry is that she and Jack will never have a honeymoon. The life of the church and his medical practice will keep them too busy for a little romance away.
While in Ghana, the issue of individual expectations is front and center. What happens when a group of good-hearted people come with expectations of good works that don’t meet the needs of the people in the village? Maggie’s frustration boils over and her relationship with her brother suffers.
All in all, the concepts of rich and poor, success and failure, poverty and wealth, opened hearts and closed minds, get turned upside down. The lessons learned are life changing for all.
God has plans for Maggie, but it’s not until she stops to listen to God’s whispers and roars that she finds out her own plans have nothing to do with God’s.
This book brings personal conflict to the forefront. And spiritual beliefs are threatened. How will Maggie’s ministry continue once she returns from the people of Ghana?
Praise for For Richer For Poorer:
I couldn’t put “For Richer or For Poorer” down. It is filled with many important life issues while keeping a fantastic work of fiction. The warmth of the characters and their interactions will make the reader smile and ponder many things. I turned the pages quickly wondering and anticipating what would happen next. The trials and triumphs of the people in Pastor Maggie’s congregation is inspiring. This is a very fun story as well. It shows what the power of love can do. It is creative and extraordinarily imaginative. I think that readers will be very satisfied, inspired and happy with this third installment of the “Pastor Maggie” series.
--Jewel Hart, Chick Lit Cafe
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Things get interesting when the richest man in town comes back to Cherish from New York, where he has been humiliated by his wife. Darcy Keller, owner of the Quick Mix Company in Cherish, comes back with his tail between his legs and a chip on his shoulder. His sister, Priscilla drags him to Loving the Lord against his will. What will happen when he sees a woman from his Cherish past sitting in the pew?
The people in Bawjiase, Ghana are thrilled to have members of Loving the Lord visit their Children’s Center. Especially since Pastor Maggie’s brother, Bryan, works tirelessly with the children and the people of the village.
This book takes the reader from Cherish to Bawjiase with alternate chapters. Maggie spends time remembering the tumultuous autumn in Cherish with funerals, a raucous Thanksgiving preparation and dinner, and the struggle to help some of her parishioners recognize there are needs in every community, even Cherish.
Love is not only in the air for newlyweds, Jack and Maggie. Other relationships form and flourish. Some surprising to Maggie herself! Maggie’s secret worry is that she and Jack will never have a honeymoon. The life of the church and his medical practice will keep them too busy for a little romance away.
While in Ghana, the issue of individual expectations is front and center. What happens when a group of good-hearted people come with expectations of good works that don’t meet the needs of the people in the village? Maggie’s frustration boils over and her relationship with her brother suffers.
All in all, the concepts of rich and poor, success and failure, poverty and wealth, opened hearts and closed minds, get turned upside down. The lessons learned are life changing for all.
God has plans for Maggie, but it’s not until she stops to listen to God’s whispers and roars that she finds out her own plans have nothing to do with God’s.
This book brings personal conflict to the forefront. And spiritual beliefs are threatened. How will Maggie’s ministry continue once she returns from the people of Ghana?
Praise for For Richer For Poorer:
I couldn’t put “For Richer or For Poorer” down. It is filled with many important life issues while keeping a fantastic work of fiction. The warmth of the characters and their interactions will make the reader smile and ponder many things. I turned the pages quickly wondering and anticipating what would happen next. The trials and triumphs of the people in Pastor Maggie’s congregation is inspiring. This is a very fun story as well. It shows what the power of love can do. It is creative and extraordinarily imaginative. I think that readers will be very satisfied, inspired and happy with this third installment of the “Pastor Maggie” series.
--Jewel Hart, Chick Lit Cafe
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