Cana, Massachusetts, 1730. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold. One such Christian, physician Arthur Lyman, discovers in the minister's words a love...

A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family. 'A necessary, beautiful book' Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You. `A brilliant memoir' Guardian. The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard...