On Kitten Creek: Searching for the Sacred: A Memoir

On Kitten Creek: Searching for the Sacred: A Memoir

by Nancy Swihart
On Kitten Creek: Searching for the Sacred: A Memoir

On Kitten Creek: Searching for the Sacred: A Memoir

by Nancy Swihart

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Overview

Enter the adventure of unwrapping gifts from the God who loves to inhabit our space: the gift of community, the gift of sorrows and celebrations; the gift of land and buildings; even the gifts of the animals that fill our lives.

When the Swihart family left a thriving ministry in Southern California and moved to rural Kansas, they sought a place to live sacramentally and in community. Nancy dreamed of a L'Abri-style center in rural Kansas. As God-given dreams often do, this one took a different form than first envisioned. Read how God used individuals and families with their unique gifts, the land with its resources and features, even the farm animals to shape a far-reaching experience of what Francis Schaeffer called "The God Who Is There"—on a rustic, old farm along Kitten Creek.

In this book you will find:

  • Encouragement to look in everyday life for the sacred that is always there.
  • An example of an authentic, loving, effective community of believers.
  • Insights into how God’s creatures, the animals, can enrich our lives.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781945099021
Publisher: CLADACH Publishing
Publication date: 05/27/2017
Pages: 186
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.43(d)

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Introduction: Mystery in the Midst of the Mundane 11

SECTION ONE: The Gifts of Place and People 16

1. Kansas, Here We Come 17

2. Readjusting Dreams 28

3. You Prepare a Table Before Me 31

4. Looking Back 39

5. Making a House a Home 45

6. A Well-Told Story 49

7. A Name 57

8. A Jitterbug/Slow-Waltz Romance 60

9. A Personal Lesson In Obedience 63

10. Praise the Lord, the Drought Is Over! 70

11. Fire In Them Thar Hills 75

12. The Fire We Did Not Set 81

SECTION TWO: The Gift of Animals 86

13. Blind Mama 87

14. Peg 91

15. A Wool Story 97

16. Lessons In Lambing 101

17. From the Mouth of a Donkey? 105

18. My “Hey, Sheep” 109

SECTION THREE: The Gifts Can Keep On Giving 115

19. A Barn? Or the Longest Covered Bridge In Kansas? 116

20. A Poustinia Experience 123

21. The Blessings of Solitude: Come Walk With Me 127

22. Transformations 133

23. A Purposefully Chosen Life 140

SECTION FOUR: A Gift of a Story 147

24. An Idea Is Born 148

25. The Vision Grows: The Second Phase 153

26. Annual Christmas Pageant: The Third Phase 162

27. Bethlehem Revisited: The Grand Phase 166

28. A Dog, a Donkey, and an Old Soul 172

Epilog: Markers of Blessing for New Stories 177

Appendix: My Recommended Reading List 181

About the Author 183

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