Böcker i The Life and Stories of August Kibler-serien

★★★★★ "A refreshing read in a world of turmoil!" - Reader Review___Was it a chance meeting in the Daisy Cafe that brought a father and his boys from Macon, Georgia, descendants of slaves, into the life of a descendent of Swiss Mennonites, or was it the mysterious workings of the father's grandmother, Momma Daisy?August Kibler tells the stories of his own life and the lives of Tyler, Johnny, and Jimmy through the tragedy and grief, and the joy and gratitude, that each discovered along the way.The generous spirit they share is a gift to any seeking greater understanding when you believe you have little in common. Yet it is through sharing that August discovers a deep reverence for Momma Daisy and Pappy Jemison, and for the legacy of love and mettle that defined their lives.August challenges our certitudes as, in his own life, he says, "I would rather have doubts and be wrong than to be certainly wrong."Tyler and August bear witness to what might appear to be ordinary lives, yet which both see as nothing less than extraordinary.

★★★★★ "Great for group or personal study and reflection!" - Reader Review____In this companion book to the novel As the Daisies Bloom, August shares with Tyler a life's thoughts on what he would call his tiny systematic theology.What might Eve say after millennia of being the first scapegoat?What might the first and last wives of the great king say to us if we read between the lines?How can we walk a bit with Joseph as he rides with Mary into Bethlehem?And what does Philip have to say to the black Eunuch, and to us about church membershipJourney with the author as he imagines what we might have overlooked in the Bible stories that we teach our children.He shows how reimagining these people in voices for our time can bring to life each of these important guides, who could never have imagined how they would shape 2,000 years of Christianity, and how they can still transform us!Let the biblical stories come alive, and meet the biblical characters in a whole new way!

★★★★★ "Insightful, powerful, a story of life and how it's changed by so many tiny happenings."- Reader Review___After August Kibler's death, his executor and friend, Tyler Marvel-Jemison, finds a file on August's computer that enlightens Tyler on August's ancestral roots and earlier years before he, Johnny and Jimmy wandered into the old man's life at the Daisy Cafe. In this collection, August expands on the people and places in his life beyond those introduced in "As the Daisies Bloom." We sojourn with August from the rural Ohio township, to Indiana, down to Louisiana and finally to North Carolina.August peels back the hidden layers of a life lived in the shadows of abuse-facing his own regrets for how he might have been a better friend.He unwittingly exposes an unhealed wound from Miles' childhood. He and Miles learn just how Maggie and Ethel from the Daisy Cafe are "joined at the hip."We witness how time and circumstance shape lives and families and diverse friendships over a lifetime, and how the Hope Mennonite "creed" of Loving God, Loving Ourselves and Loving Others is all the creed we ever truly need.