A Tale of Conflict and Peace at the B Bar Ranch - Blackard, Kirk
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After Mr. and Mrs. B leave everything they have ever known and purchase a ranch on a worn-out cotton farm in Texas, they have great hope for a life of peace. But the relationship between the ranch's menagerie of animals is anything but peaceful, and Mr. B worries continuously about how he can stop the conflict. He finally turns everything over to the animals in the hope they will work together to make the B-Bar Ranch a success. The resident animals-cows, equines, pigs, chickens, and a big semi-trained cow dog-are thinking, talking creatures that see themselves and others as objects or farm…mehr

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After Mr. and Mrs. B leave everything they have ever known and purchase a ranch on a worn-out cotton farm in Texas, they have great hope for a life of peace. But the relationship between the ranch's menagerie of animals is anything but peaceful, and Mr. B worries continuously about how he can stop the conflict. He finally turns everything over to the animals in the hope they will work together to make the B-Bar Ranch a success. The resident animals-cows, equines, pigs, chickens, and a big semi-trained cow dog-are thinking, talking creatures that see themselves and others as objects or farm animals and often demonstrate the worst characteristics of people in conflict. But when a sheep mysteriously appears and teaches them to regard one another like human beings who know God; have their own special hopes, needs, cares, and fears; and can choose to act of their own volition, they begin to realize peace on earth-and the ranch. This tale for all ages demonstrates that when people regard themselves and others as human beings, rather than objects or animals, they move from conflict toward shalom in their lives.
Autorenporträt
Kirk Blackard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He is retired from a career with Shell Oil Company, where he held several senior executive positions in Houston and London. He has extensive conflict management and negotiation experience, has worked as a mediator and arbitrator, and served as chairman of the Board of the Bridges To Life restorative justice ministry that works in prisons to help victims heal their wounds and inmates change their lives. He is the author of Restoring Peace, the centerpiece of the BTL curriculum, and eleven other books. Kirk and Marcia, his wife of fifty-three years, live in Houston. They have two sons, two daughters-in-law and five grandchildren.