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When I left Paradise in 1978, it was a time of great bitterness in my soul. The days were dark, my heart was empty and my future stretched away before me like some great desert – a place of burning sands and bitter winds. Thorns came up in my palaces, and nettles and brambles, [...]
As she planned the repair work, her thoughts flew back to the wonderful days when she had learned the art of quilting from her grandmother. Those had been the happiest days of her childhood and she could hear Grossmudder Hannah’s voice speaking gently to her as she helped Hannah cut the pieces for a star [...]
In the concluding novel to the Apple Creek Dreams series, Jonathan and Jenny Hershberger are happily settled in Paradise, Pennsylvania on the farm Jenny inherited from her grandfather. But when a tragic accident takes Jonathan’s life, Jenny and her young daughter, Rachel, return home to Apple Creek, Ohio to live with her adoptive parents, Reuben [...]
Jerusha knelt by the bed and prayed for Jenny. She felt helpless, alone and fearful. As the hours went by she wept and begged, challenged and whimpered, but the heavens were silent. Finally, when she was drained and exhausted, a thought came to her. This is what I did before Jenna died. I cried out [...]
Sometimes I think that life is like a rushing river that begins its journey high in the mountains, tumbles down over jagged rocks, rushes headlong over cliffs, and pours booming through the portals of nameless chasms until at last it breaks free of the confines of harsh stone walls and finds a broad plain spread [...]
Apple Creek is a real place. It is a village set in the heart of Wayne County, Ohio, eleven miles from Dalton and ten miles from Wooster. There are real streets, and real people in Apple Creek. There are Hershbergers and Springers and some Halversons living there. Apple Creek and the surrounding area is home [...]
In each of our lives there is a longing, deep rooted and unshakable. It is the longing to return to the place of our birth, the place where we grew up, the place that we call home. No matter where we are, or what we are doing, the memory of this place of our [...]
Coming September 1, 2013 – Part One: Apple Creek Again by Patrick E. Craig There is something about an agricultural town that is unique and wonderful, for with the deep link to the land comes a settled-ness and a sense of permanence found nowhere else. All the bright days of youth in such a place [...]
There is something about an agricultural town that is unique and wonderful, for with the deep link to the land comes a settled-ness and a sense of permanence found nowhere else. All the bright days of youth in such a place are held in the mystery of God’s eternal circle of life and death, winter [...]
The little girl pushed deeper into the pile of clothing and cushions. She slipped in and out of consciousness, but she was still alive. She was dreaming of angels. She had never seen an angel, but her momma had told her about them. They had wings and were very kind and they helped people who [...]
After 26 years as a pastor, worship leader, and seminar speaker, Patrick E. Craig is now focusing on writing both fiction and non-fiction books. He recently signed a three-book deal for his Apple Creek Dreams series with Harvest House Publishers. Patrick is represented by the Steve Laube Agency.
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