Christy: The Complete Series

On March 20, 2007 Twentieth Century Fox released this short-lived two season television series on DVD. The show is based on the classic novel of the same name by Catherine Marshall which is so revered that Christian fiction's Christy Award also bears it's name. Christy tells the story of a young girl who leaves the comforts of her city home to teach school in the Appalachian community of Cutter Gap, Tennessee in 1912. As we watch the community's agnostic doctor struggle to make sense of the faith he sees in the world around him, we also witness Christy struggling to follow God's plan for her life. She is a woman of unwavering faith who often questions how God is working through events on this poverty-stricken mountain and always seems to get her answer. Watching this series tends to put your own problems in perspective. When the people in the mountain country can't afford to purchase shoes for children who must walk everywhere they go in the cold winter, you begin to see God's abundant blessings in your own life much more clearly. This DVD collection would be an excellent choice for any church library, but especially for those in which the "prairie romance" genre is popular.