Jan Karon
Jan Karon
Jan Karon is an American novelist who writes for both adults and young readers. She is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Mitford novels, featuring Father Timothy Kavanagh, an Episcopalian priest, and the fictional village of Mitford. Her most recent Mitford novel, Come Rain or Come Shine, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List. She has been designated a lay Canon for the Arts in the Episcopal Diocese of Quincyby Keith Ackerman, Episcopal Bishop of Quincy,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.
My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.
Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.
So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?
So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.
Lord, make me a blessing to someone today
There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.
I've got a lot to download on your mercy and grace. I've always rushed up to You and dumped whatever it was and hurried away, fascinated by my own busyness. I want to turn all this over to You slowly, carefully, examining every fragment as I pass it off, so there'll never be any question about it again. Every time I've dumped and run, I've nearly always run back and snatched it out of Your hands. Help me in this.......Right now, I'm certain of only one thing - that You love us, and that's where we all have to begin.
In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others)
Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath.
The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.
Easter is never deserved.
Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things.
Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!