Five women from the Hope Springs Community Church in North Carolina undertake the
 committee assignment of producing a church cookbook, but learn a plethora of 
attributes about their community, each other, and more importantly, about 
themselves. When novice pastor, Charlotte Stewart, finishes her studies at the
 seminary, she isn't prepared for the every day life of  a  minister, but soon 
finds herself faced with the broad spectrum of racial prejudice, teen pregnancy, 
the death of a child, and numerous other conflicts that beset her flock of 
believers in the rural town.


Come share the recipes, the committee reports, and the Christian
 faith of the Hope Springs Community Church, where the unconventional and the 
traditional must find a path of coexistence within the bounds of Christian love. 
You'll laugh out loud----You'll cry bitter tears-----And, you'll rejoice in the 
triumphs of steadfast hearts. 


This is a heartwarming novel that offers a degree 
of hope for the diversity that many of us find we must embrace in the world, today. 
And,  it chronicles the changing face of rural America, as we strive to expand our 
comfort zones, and deal with inevitable change. 


A sound read that makes the reader address some of the tough issues that are 
creeping into our society and forces one to ponder the correct way to deal with 
them.