Rabbi Saunderson

Jeremiah Saunderson is a brilliant yet perpetually mis‑directed scholar of theology, whose twelve years as a probationary preacher have left him both exhausted and oddly infamous. After countless failed appointments—from soot‑covered chapels in the Black Country to tidy suburban churches—he finally receives a call to the remote Free Church of Kilbogie, a posting that seems both a salvation and a puzzling test of his convictions.

The journey to his new parish takes an unexpected turn when a chance encounter with the genial Jamie Soutar diverts him to the neighbouring village of Drumtochty. There, Saunderson’s prodigious knowledge is put to work, repairing a local minister’s tangled ecclesiastical history while the two men grapple with a sudden plague of field‑mice threatening the harvest. As the quiet rural community watches, Saunderson’s relentless curiosity and scholarly fervor promise to stir both hearts and minds, setting the stage for a quietly dramatic clash between learned doctrine and everyday life.