Bøger af Paul Stutzman

No longer wandering the country, Johnny Miller is home again, farming the land he loves in a quiet Amish community. But although he's not physically wandering, he is still wondering. Wondering why he is restless. Wondering why he feels that some piece of his life is not yet in place. Wondering why, when he was medically "dead," he was met by his wife, who told him his time to enter Heaven had not yet come--he was still needed on earth.This third and final book of "The Wanderers" series follows Johnny's wandering to a place where he finally finds home

Johnny Miller was 23 when he died the first time. The truck hit him as he pedaled along a Texas road, on a long-distance bike ride as he attempted to find a new life.His old life had vanished like a vapor. He thought he had lost everything on the day he lost his dear Annie.But he will lose far more before finally finding the way that leads to home ... and to life and peace.This is the second book in Paul Stutzman's Wandering Home Series, the story of a young Amish man's search for the life he was called to live.

Johnny Miller grew up in a secure, stable Old Order Amish family. He often quipped, though, that he was Out of Order Amish, never able to totally accept all the rules and standards of his family's way of life. His early and constant doubts about the Amish lifestyle lead to unwise choices ad unhappy consequences.Finally, he makes one really good choice: lovely, spunky Annie. Their love story seems to bring peace -- for a short time. Then, a tragic turn of events leads to one more desperate decision, and even as Johnny leaves behind the life he's always known, he's not sure whether the path he has chosen will lead toward life and hope or destruction and condemnation.

A journey shared with those who have suffered devastating loss. How do we recover from blows that shatter our lives? Is there hope for restoration, and if so, how can we get there? Paul Stutzman goes to the Bible for help in finding the miracle journey that takes us through grieving, forgiveness, healing, and moving forward into the future.

PLEASE NOTE: Paul Stutzman's adventure on the Mississippi River was also published previously as one segment of "Stuck in the Weeds." This book is ONLY the Mississippi River adventure. Paul Stutzman, drawn again by the lure of adventure, takes on the mighty Mississippi River-but his experience in a seaworthy kayak is like nothing he had ever imagined from boyhood daydreams or his occasional glimpses of the broad river when traveling America's highways. Not much of a swimmer and with his only previous kayaking experience simply "floating with the current," he begins his journey with the knowledge that a friend has had a foreboding dream about this trip. In addition, Paul is a modern-day Jonah, determined to keep to his own agenda and ignoring God in his planning.

Please NOTE: This account of a Camino de Santiago hike is also included in "Stuck in the Weeds", a longer collection of accounts of several pilgrimages. This book is ONLY the account of the Camino hike. Paul Stutzman joins the pilgrims on the Way of St. James, a hike almost 500 miles long, starting in France and stretching across northern Spain. This pilgrimage is not only for the adventure-he needs to find answers and clarity on personal and faith issues. A Mennonite on a Catholic pilgrim trail, his journey across mountains and plains and through ancient towns is enriched by the people he meets along the way. He's looking for one thing: a deeper understanding of what it means to follow Jesus Christ.

Love stories-a change of direction for Paul Stutzman whose previous books have been adventure memoir and Amish fiction. Two love stories from two years of Stutzman's life give him cause to write these personal reflections on life and faith.Don't postpone those dreams. Don't wait until a perfect "someday" or the "perfect moment." This urgent message is applied to both personal relationships and issues and to the Christian's walk of faith.

After Paul Stutzman lost his wife to breast cancer, he sensed a tug on his heart--the call to a challenge, the call to pursue a dream. Paul left his stable career, traveled to Georgia, and took his first steps on the Appalachian Trail. What he learned during the next four and a half months changed his life--and will change readers' lives as well.In Hiking Through, readers will join Paul on his remarkable 2,176-mile hike through fourteen states in search of peace and a renewed sense of purpose, meeting fascinating and funny people along the way. They'll discover that every choice we make along the path has consequences for the journey and will come away with a new understanding of God's grace and guidance. Nature-lovers, armchair adventurers, and those grieving a loss may not be able to hike the AT themselves, but they can go on this spiritual pilgrimage with a truly humble and sympathetic guide.

After Paul Stutzman finished hiking the Appalachian Trail, he found himself longing for another challenge, another adventure. Trading his hiking boots for a bicycle, Paul set off to discover more of America. Starting at Neah Bay, Washington, and ending at Key West, Florida, Paul traversed the 5,000-mile distance between the two farthest points in the contiguous United States. Along the way he encountered nearly every kind of terrain and weather the country had to offer--as well as hundreds of fascinating people whose stories readers will love. Through cold and heat, loneliness and exhaustion, abundance and kindness, Paul pedaled on. His reward--and the readers'--is a glimpse of a noble yet humble America that still exists and inspires.Anyone who longs for adventure, who loves travel and stories of travel, and who loves this place called America will enjoy this book.