Reverend Eric Camden, his wife Annie, and their seven children learn to deal with life, love, and faith. In this season, the Reverend takes over household duties when stay-at-home wife Annie returns to school. Meanwhile, the whole family intervenes when bad influences threaten to drag down oldest daughter, Mary. As Simon copes with dating and Ruthie settles in at a new school, older siblings Lucy and Matt discover their life paths-- and find romance along the way.