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Revelation Ranch: A Barnraising Here in America! October 19,20, 21, 2012

Indie Book Spot Interview

I recently contributed an interview on Indie Book Spot.  I hope you have a chance to visit the site and check out the interview!

Best blessings, 
Pam

Giftmaking Registration Open Until Oct. 12, 2012!

Get ready, Get set. . . Barnraising! Oct 19-21, 2012

Following doctors' instruction can be tedious.  But I'm happy to say my doctor has ordered me to get myself down to Letcher County, Ky. for the barnraising at Revelation Ranch! 

For once I'll be delighted to follow his orders and I hope I see you there! 

Click on the photo shown here for the schedule of events.  of the Isom Fair Grounds, where we will meet at 7:00 am for breakfast, followed by a caravan procession to the building site.

For a Friend

The Greatest Gift

Of all the gifts that God  has loaned me, the love of beauty is the one I cherish most.  God constantly  surrounds us with beauty, whether we notice it or not.  Even brokenness is  beautiful when seen through his eyes.  When Job demanded to know why all he had  been given was lost, in response God showed him what Job had never lost--wonder  heaped up on wonder, the results of God's creative power.   Of all miracles, the  one that allows us to recieve wonder is the greatest miracle of all--for us to  breathe beauty along with the air into our hearts, to eat the loaf of it, to  drink from the fountain of it, someday to sleep in it and dream it, at last to  wake to it and walk in it.

Giving and recieving are the respiration of the soul.

To give is a blessing,

To recieve, a sacrament.

15 years: The Anniversary of Rich Mullins' Death: Yahrzeit 2012

On the anniversary of a loved one's death, the Jews practice Yahrzeit,  a beautiful tradition of honoring the dead by giving a donation in the name of the one who has passed on, placing a stone on their grave for a memorial, and lighting a candle in honor of the life lived.

This year, the A Candle to the Sun, LLC's donation in memory of Rich Mullins goes to Revelation Ranch of Letcher County, Ky, currently in need of building supplies for their new barn.  The first ten individuals or groups to donate more than $50.00 to the building supply fund will recieve a  paperback copy of Singing from Silence as a thank-you gift.  Please fill out a contact form at this link so we can send you your copy.   Donations to the Revelation Ranch building fund are still being taken by Julie at Boggs Builders' Supply.  She can be reached at 606-633-8446.

Five books will also be gifted through a Goodreads giveaway at this link. 

The Get-Well Haiku

Get Well

A friend of my daughter's forwarded this to my email in respose to my recent hospitaization for stroke.

"medical status,
too complicated for docs.
get well anyway."

I'm seriously gateful for everyone's prayers--they've been truly and remarkably effective!

--Pam

Singing from Silence Now Available at Caudill Memorial Library

I had intended to post the news  last month when i first found out.  My apologies for the delay.  Singing from Silence is now available at the Caudill Memorial Library in Whitesburg, Ky.  if you'd like to take it out on loan.

I hope you have a chance to read it!           --Pam Richards

Singing from Silence Now Available at Cincinnati Public Library

Yes, it is!  If you feel you'd like to read Singing from Silence at a minimal cost, there are a lot of people in Hamilton County who feel like you do!

We love our library.  It feeds our mind and expands our wallets.

Come on down and ask for Singing from Silence !  It's on the shelf.  And if you don't live in our area, I plan to donate a copy to one library a month until further notice.   It's pamela.richards@candletothesun.com --write and I'll put your library on the list to receive one! 

Or if you don't choose to wait for me to donate to your library, just speak to your librarian about stocking a copy, ISBN 1457510286.  

I think creative genius Benjamin Franklin had a lot of good ideas, but this one has got to be the best!  Oh, and electricity. . . second best.  You can always read by candlelight, but not without a book.

--Pam Richards

Here in America: Barnraising At Revelation Ranch

Can't wait to see you here in Appalachia October 19, 20, and 21!