Wise and Otherwise

A young pastor arrives in Newton certain he's ready to lead his congregation. His wife, accustomed to a different life, finds the modest church families beneath her. The town's established faithful watch with careful eyes as the Tresevants navigate their new home. Fourth in the beloved Ester Ried series, this gentle novel follows the familiar faces of Dr. and Mrs. Douglass, Jerome and Abbie Sayles, and the Tyndalls as they encounter this brash new spiritual leader. What unfolds is a story about the long, sometimes painful path from confidence to true wisdom. Tresevant must learn that ordination doesn't automatically confer maturity. His wife must discover that privilege means nothing in the economy of grace. The people of Newton, patient and principled, become unlikely teachers to the couple who came to save them. It's a quiet story with deep rewards, showing that sometimes those who appear to have faith the least have the most to teach.