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Katherine, the new administrator of the posh but 200-year-old assisted living château called the Ambassador's Retreat, doesn't believe in God - certainly not in angels. Will she be able to solve the mystery behind a dying resident claiming to see angels coming to take her to heaven? The episode puts the elderly clients into a theological uproar. The chairman of the board gives Katherine one week to reassure the godly residents that whether or not they saw the angels will have no bearing on whether they go to heaven. He will fire her in one week if she can't calm the storm.

Strong-willed Adri Rivera nearly achieved her goal of being a professional mixed martial artist, but then she fell in love with a man who knocked all the fight out of her. When their abusive, tumultuous relationship finally comes to a head, Adri flees with their young daughter to her small hometown in the mountains of Pennsylvania. There, she must face the people she left behind and put her broken life back together again.

Jen Nilsson has an MBA, a nice condo, and a fast-track job at a tech start-up in Silicon Valley. If her big product launch goes well next month, she may finally land the marketing director job she's been gunning for. But then, her younger sister, Katie, just out of college and estranged from their newly devout parents, blows through the front door, dumping cardboard boxes and a lifetime of personal drama onto Jen's just-swept floor.

A traffic jam is the last thing Piper Holland needs in her already stressful day. The dry cleaner’s will soon close, and she really hopes to wear her luxury silk blouse when she pitches her theme to the editors of the magazine she works for. But when she finally sees what’s caused the backup, she feels a pinch of guilt: A man in a military uniform is gallantly pushing a stalled vehicle off the road.

Lizzy and Jane couldn’t be further from Jane Austen’s famous sisters for whom they are named. Elizabeth left her family’s home in Seattle fifteen years ago to pursue her lifelong dream—chefing her own restaurant in New York City. Jane stayed behind to raise a family. Estranged since...

Stanley cannot find meaning in his life. Work is an endless drudgery serving only to pay bills. After being unemployed for six months, he can’t even do that. Religion doesn’t make sense. His family is the only thing that has any meaning in his life, but even that gets turned upside down when he is offered a two-month contract on the other side of the country, and he has to leave his family behind. His cross-country road trip gets strange right away as he reluctantly picks up an enigmatic hitchhiker who takes him on a difficult but soul-fulfilling road trip of self-discovery.

Laura’s Amish faith requires her to forgive, but she can only think of revenge. Laura Stutzman leaves her Kentucky community for Middlefield, Ohio, with one purpose: to find Mark King, the man who pledged his love to her, then left. She can’t move on with her life until he explains why...

Everything changed between them the first time he called her Katie. Katherine Yoder has loved Johnny Mullet since the two were children, but he’s never returned her affections. Now Johnny is trying to forge a new life for himself by purchasing a farm and building a business of his own. But...

“A feast of small-town charm and characters who feel like dear friends.” —Liz Johnson, bestselling author of The Red Door Inn From USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Springer comes a tale of starting over when life takes an unexpected turn. Winsome Lake, Wisconsin, is postcard-pretty...

An injured ex-soldier struggling with being a bodyguard. A country music darling with an eerie stalker. Can he resist her allure to get the job done? All Jake has ever wanted was to serve his country, get married, and raise a family. When a mission goes wrong, leaving him with a prosthetic leg and raging nightmares, his plans for the future lie shattered like his career. He joins his brothers-in-arms at Stryker Security Force to help protect others, determined to find contentment in his job as a bodyguard - until protecting Chloe Rose makes him long for more.

"Seine Worte stachen mir ins Herz. Ich spürte, dass er recht hatte. Ein Penner weniger machte für diese Welt keinen Unterschied. Aber für ihn machte es einen Unterschied, wie sich die Welt zu ihm verhielt. Und die Welt, das wurde mir unbequem klar, war in diesem Augenblick ich."

Ninety-plus-year-old Rubin James awakes in the hospital discovering not only has he suffered a stroke, but an inoperable brain aneurysm is bringing him to certain death. Ten-year-old Jonathan Baines has a rare form of brain cancer. Despite all the efforts of his talented doctor father, the cancer's relentless spread has not been stopped, and death appears to be just days away.

Olivia Vandenberg is ‘’O”, a 20-something PK, or "pastor’s kid". She’s also an atheist and hardcore addict. She has run out of people to take advantage of, and now, the doctor says she may be running out of time, as well. Can one rough-looking angel, one smooth-talking demon, and true love guide her back to her faith?

Douglas Romer's career as a vicar comes crashing down as he fails to come to terms with his young wife's sudden and violent death. He takes a temporary leave of absence from his Sheffield parish and heads to the coastal town of Dingle in his wife's homeland of Ireland. Here, he meets various people whose lives become intricately tied to his.

Marie Michaels had a perfect life - a happy marriage to her college sweetheart, mother to two beautiful teenage children, and the owner of a successful business. Her life was everything she had imagined, until the day she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After undergoing several medical treatments, she loses her ability to hear, making communication with her family and friends challenging.

"Hi, ich bin Jesus. Ich wohn' jetzt hier." Mit diesen Worten zieht Jesus eines Tages bei Jonas und seiner Freundin ein. Während sie gemeinsam durch die Pubs ziehen, Netflix schauen und Stimmung in den Seniorenkreis bringen, kann Jonas seinem neuen Mitbewohner endlich die Fragen stellen, die ihm schon lange unter den Nägeln brennen: Wie findet Jesus eigentlich unsere Gottesdienste und Krippenspiele? Was sagt er zum Klimaschutz? Hat der Himmel eine Obergrenze und was hat es eigentlich mit dem Heiligen Geist auf sich?

Where great loss turns to ordained love. When Gina Andros loses her husband Alex and almost two-year old daughter Teresa in a car accident, her world falls apart. Her mother-in-law Helena, a woman she views as a second mother, blames her for the accident and cuts her out of her life. Doing so, she turns her family, including Gina's best friends, Anna and Christian, away from her. Gina falls deep into the pit of grief, but slowly the family starts to heal - due in part to a major event in her life. But not before Helena goes to great lengths to derail Gina’s recovery.

We never have to live in bondage or darkness. Each and every one of us has the ability to lift ourselves out of the darkness of circumstance and into the light. But how do we do that when our marriages are falling apart or our finances are a mess - or, when poverty, crime, illness, and death surround us daily? How do we find the light?

Springville Community Christian Church is nestled in the mountains of North Carolina and is a quiet, Mayberry-esque type of town - that is until a ruthless businessman sets his sights on the town and opens the first bar in the middle of the quiet community. Pastor Daniel Whitefield seeks only to do the will of God. Nothing more, nothing less.

Carlos and Bianca are your average everyday couple who are experiencing marital difficulties. Bianca's prayers over the last few years have seemed to go unanswered, and it makes her wonder, "God, where are you?" Carlos is a man who has lost his faith in God and believes that religion is created for adverse reasons, and he feels he could no longer live a lie.