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's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.
I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be.
I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.
My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.
This month's meeting is our first major outreach to people outside the group.
It's totally changing your body chemistry. It's a very healthy thing to do. It is said that 15 minutes of laughter is worth six hours of meditation.
The longer I'm with this group, the more I see that I have to change the things I do. Our laundry is hanging on the line outside right now. We're composting now. We're consolidating our car trips. You have to start small and go from there.
One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.
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.
The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.
Easter is never deserved.
There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.
Lord, make me a blessing to someone today
My grandmother influenced me so deeply.