num_pages: 290
description: Its 1968 and Sheldon and Meg Crane have just moved their family from Pennsylvania to the small town of Black Mountain NC. Sheldon has recently resigned from the ministry after an affair. He will now be a used car salesman at his brother-in-laws auto dealership. Sheldon is burdened by his wifes unwillingness to forgive and his daughters anger over his moving the family to Barney Fife country. On top of that his oldest son is in Vietnam. The only reasonably happy member of the family is his eight-year-old son Digger.After settling into an old house high on the side of a mountain the family discovers their new home is no ordinary place. Its a place where all of time is happening at once so that the family can occasionally see and speak with people who have lived there before or who will live there in the future. They are trying to come to terms with this phenomenon and what it might mean for them when Digger suddenly disappears. No one knows if hes been kidnapped or whether he wandered off into the mountains and got lost. The answer lies in the mysterious Eternal Now of the house the sovereignty of God and the healing power of forgiveness.
language: English
title: Once Beyond a Time
publisher: Heritage Beacon Fiction