Vernal Lind

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  Beyond Tomorrow

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  Disruption to peaceful family relationships brings conflict, change, and growth. The journey of the Anderson family proves God’s faithfulness yesterday, today and tomorrow-and even beyond. Was it chance that forced James to slow down and look at his life? Family. Work. Estranged sons and daughters. Was this vicious attack a blessing in disguise? Was it time to retire and was there still time to pursue his lifelong dream? For an entire generation reaching retirement age new challenges surface and new opportunities beckon. Vernal Lind presents up-to-date and real life situations in his believable characters and story. Through this inviting and refreshing book, he asks the right questions: Where is purpose in the declining years? How does one begin a search to find new purpose and meaning? Not all the answers are easy to come by. Following the ever changing Anderson family gives us all the freedom to ask our own questions and seek answers about getting older. How do we hang on to our core beliefs in a changing and declining culture?

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  Beyond This Home

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  As time goes on, Matthew and Ellen Anderson can’t help marveling at how life is changing. With all of their children grown and out of the house, they begin to face that they aren’t quite as young as they used to be. What does this mean for their life on the farm? Will Matthew be forced to move to town and leave the hills and open spaces that he loves? And it’s not just Matthew and Ellen, who face hard times. Johnie’s wife struggles with cancer. James, a successful professor and busy father and husband, wonders if he can really fulfill his dreams. Margaret, farm wife and mother of six, struggles with busyness. Carol’s marriage is in trouble, and her relationship to her parents and siblings is strained. Michael, at 23, struggles to find his identity and place in the world-in ways that go against his family’s values. Will the members of the Anderson family find the strength to trust in God and lean on each other? Will broken relationships be healed? Can all of life’s unforeseen changes and challenges be weathered in such a way that the Andersons will remain a tight-knit family?

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  Beyond Those Hills

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  He loved the land.running rich soil through his fingers.how could his brother destroy his dream? Minnesota, 1937. Matthew Anderson wakened from a nightmare which soon became a reality. P.J., his older brother, announces, “The farm is mine!” and Matthew’s world crumbles. Next to Ellen and his children, he loves the land more than anything else. He wonders why God has sent these dry years and has now permitted P.J. to take the farm. Where can he go from here? Matthew’s anger toward P.J. churns inside, creating a bitterness that gnaws away at his body and soul. How will he handle losing the farm he loves and seeing his parents shaken by P.J.’s actions? Can he forgive his brother? Will he find new purpose and meaning in life?

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  Beyond The Darkness

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  In the midst of war, Matthew Anderson seeks peace . . . but will the darkness of conflict at home and abroad destroy his family instead? The farmlands of Minnesota lie far from the gunfire and explosions of World War II, yet Matthew Anderson wages his own battles at home to protect his family and preserve his legacy. Though the destructive actions of his brother P.J. have finally faded into the past, a new danger fills Matthew’s life. In 1945, his country-and his sons-fight the war for freedom around the globe. Though Matthew attempts to find peace in the daily routines of his beloved farm, the black shadows of war never completely leave his thoughts. Yet the darkness also has invaded his life at home-threatening his dreams, his life, his family, even his friendships. Will the Anderson boys, facing dangerous enemies across the world, return home? How will their future, and his own, affect Matthew’s legacy and land? Will peace return to the world at large . . . or to Matthew’s world at home?

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  Beyond The Storm

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  Storms often marked turning points in Matthew Anderson’s life. The 1940 Armistice Day blizzard begins a time of radical change for his entire family. As his idyllic life is disrupted by an unscrupulous brother. This storm and others provide a backdrop for a compelling story of a farm family.

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