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Sun Rays

Tales for Children of Every Age

Copyright © 2011 Joshua Livingston and Judy Langemo Roth. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

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Illustration for Great Ideas based on a photo by Shadman Ahmed.

The Hymn Book and Sunrise over Bad Boll are based on actual events in the lives of Johann Christoph Blumhardt and Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, respectively. Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) was first a pastor in the small village of Möttlingen, Southern Germany and later the house father at Bad Boll, a spiritual retreat community. His story is told in the biography Pastor Johann Christoph Blumhardt: An Account of His Life, by Friedrich Zuendel (Cascade Books/Plough Publishing House, 2010). His son, Christoph Blumhardt (1842–1919), took over his duties at Bad Boll once he passed away. The witness of the two men is uniquely and irrevocably one.

Thomas the Apostle Finally Goes to India and Bel and Daniel are variations of apocryphal texts. The former is based very loosely on a story found in The Acts of Thomas, a third century manuscript of the early Christians. The latter tale is found within the hidden gem Bel and the Dragon.

Peter Walks on Water, Elisha and the Bears, and Let the Little Children Come are merely anecdotes adapted from that Good Book.

The Final Hour of Oscar Romero is a fictional account inspired by the life and death of the martyred Salvadoran Archbishop.