Bøger af Karen Anna Vogel

Naomi Miller's B&B is bustling, but her dear husband seems off kilter. Is she overreacting? Is turning 60 playing tricks on her mind? When Micah has a health scare, landing him in the hospital, she knows her intuition was right. Either Micah isn't up for running a busy business, or the estrangement between his two nieces is causing him too much stress. But Micah has an angel looking after him...literally. Eight-year-old, Angel Coblenz, a guest at the B&B, bonds with Micah and asks if he and Aunt Naomi can adopt her. At their ages? Was it wise? This last book in the At Home in Pennsylvania Amish Country has the usual cast of characters, three weddings, an adoption, and a peaceful gathering of local Amish and Mennonites...and a possible life change for Naomi and Micah.

NOTE: A gracious 4 star review helped me see I used a different name for a minor character. This has been changed. What a boo boo!;) Joanna Gore travels to Smicksburg, Pennsylvania under false pretenses.She has been corresponding with an Englisher for over a year. Are they marriage material? She definitely wants to leave the Amish, no doubt about it. The Amish of Smicksburg are more primitive than the Beachy Amish, so no worries about being sucked into their lifestyle. She'll be the new teacher at the one-room schoolhouse and stay until Christmas, seeing snow for the first time. Joanna meets a host of characters, including Granny and Jeb Weaver, and her life twists and turns until she is dizzied enough to fall on her knees and realize: A person may have many ideas concerning God's plan for his life, but only the designs of God's purpose will succeed in the end. Proverbs 19:21 (TPT)

Twelve year old Lexi Remington has a Christmas wish: to get out of foster care and be adopted. She gets it into her head that she can take the place of Matthew Yoder, her shunned Amish neighbor, and be part of the huge Yoder clan. A stray white dog, fixing a manger set with her foster dad, and a homeless man all show Lexi an important lesson about the love of God...which prepares her heart for the biggest Christmas surprise ever.

In Amish Knit & Stitch Circle, the women make quilts and embroider along with knitting for charity. Lottie, a twenty year old Amish woman from Ohio has Granny Weaver on a mission: find her a man in need of a wife. Phil Darby, the new single pastor at Smicksburg Baptist makes quite a stir as he spends too much time with Lottie. Granny and Phil visit shut-in, MJ, along with her loving husband Andy. They see a strong marriage despite great hardship. This causes Phil to long for a marriage like theirs. Granny nudges women in her knitting circle with marital problems to visit this dear couple. "The English can teach us Amish a thing or two," she quips. Joy and grief are interlaced in this summer to autumn circle. What can steady a heart?

Amish Knitting Circle is a serial novel. Episodes 1-10 comprise Granny's first knitting circle, when she invites 5 women who are heavy on her heart to knit for charity. Granny Weaver believes these women could be stronger if spun together. She invites five women, all with various issues such as infertility, poor body image and marital problems and haunting secrets. As they meet from October to April to knit shawls for charity, they begin to deal with problems, together, in community, the Amish way. Amish Knitting Circle: Complete Series includes: Beginnings Granny Weaver starts the circle, and all the women have a reason not to come, but push back fears and eventually go. Wedding Season Amish weddings are typically in November. The knitting circle women see happy newlyweds everywhere, but for two, it's a painful season; one wishing she was married, another wishing she was not. Thanksgiving The Amish celebrate this holiday, now that many work for the English (Non-Amish) and have the day off. The women reflect on all they're thankful for... Snowflakes December winds blow sparkling snowflakes everywhere and someone learns she's a beautiful and unique as the ice crystals falling all around her. Christmas Cookies It's Christmas, and Granny Weaver is excited about the knitting circle's Christmas cookie exchange. She's comes to see these "Little Women" as her daughters, and along with that, the fretting heart of a mom. Old World Christmas It's STILL Christmas, as the Amish celebrate the season over twelve days, ending on January 6th, Old Christmas. It's a day of fasting and reflection, remembering the arrival of the three kings who brought gifts to baby Jesus. Beauty for Ashes It's the end of January, and the knitting circle is meditating on the scripture; He gives us beauty for ashes... (Isaiah 61:3). One member is facing a terrible medical diagnosis; another needs counseling for damaged emotions. Wings to Fly It's a blustery February and the annual Audubon Backyard Bird Count is underway. What life lessons do feathered friends teach the women in the circle? Spun Together It's March and three weeks until Easter. Unity among church member must exist before this holy day, when they partake of communion and wash each other's feet. But emotions are running high... New Beginnings It's Easter, but will it need to be postponed due to discord among church members? An early spring wedding is planned, or will there be two?

Joy Hershberger wants to live up to her name, but joy is something she needs to fight for. Her entire Old Order Amish family is leaving the People. Joy visits the Secret Garden B&B in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, finding rest and guidance from Naomi and Micah Yoder, along with the women in the spinning circle. When she meets Nathan Good, she compares him to her fiancé back home in Sugar Hollow, Ohio. And she finds it hard to overlook some of David Mast's demanding ways. Will time away from home give her perspective? Can she hold firm to her Old Order Amish ways, helping her dear family see that they're blaming the Amish for a beloved family members death?

Granny Weaver believes women are stronger spun together, just like the wool she spins. But will her Amish knitting circle snap if spun with women from the Smicksburg Baptist Church? Granny's believes they can be knit together for a worthy cause: knitting hats, gloves and scarves to the growing homeless population across the USA. So Granny invites: Colleen, a young woman living at Forget-Me-Not Manor, a refuge for homeless mothers.Janice, a burnt out pastor's wife...or a women going through the change of life.Marge, a new neighbor learning to live off-the-grid, whose husband fears her new-found faith. Suzy, who will teach knitting with needles, but is distressed over her aging dog's health.Granny does many "casting off" prayers that her English friends will bond with Ella, Ruth, Lizzie, Lavina, Maryann, and Fannie, and not unravel the knitting circle she holds so dear.Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle was a continuing story, broken down into 8 episodes, enabling reader input. If you liked the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle, the prequel to this series, then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg Baptist Church to a summer circle to knit for charity

Thousands of women worldwide are being helped by Granny Weaver and her knitting circle friends as they solve problems the Amish way. The prequels to this series are: Amish Knitting Circle: Smicksburg Tales 1 Amish Friends Knitting: Smicksburg Tales 2) If you haven't read them, you can still jump in and join the girls in this series: When readers told me their knitting circles were reading episodes of Amish Knitting Circle and then Amish Friends Knitting Circle and then making the dessert recipes included, an idea popped into my head. Granny loves Jane Austen, so why not have the women read classic literature and discuss it at their circle? Amish Knit Lit Circle was born. All winter, Granny and her circle, now consisting of Amish and English friends, knit for the homeless and discuss books. As these women reach out into their community, they share what they've learned. Missy Prissy, a snobby rich woman, reads A Christmas Carol, but will it change her Scrooge heart? The single moms at Forget-Me-Not Manor read Anne of Green Gables, and can identify with this lonely orphan, being formerly homeless and on the streets, and share their stories for the first time, bringing healing. Mona reads Black Beauty and images of past abuse haunt her dreams and this could not possibly be a good thing, or is it? Visions of romance dance in the women's heads, too. After reading Pride & Prejudice, they swoon over Mr. Darcy telling Elizabeth, "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." Some start to write love letters to their husbands, others wonder why their husbands just can't spit out "I love you." Marriage problems come to the forefront, but will they be swept under the rag rug? With their wives being so touchy-feely, will their husbands dive for the nearest rock to hide under? Some readers are participating in Granny's circle in the comfort of their homes, not having to travel to Smicksburg. If you'd like to read these classic books along with the women in the circle, here's Granny's reading list: Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen Little Women, Louis May Alcott Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens The Life of our Lord, Charles Dickens Emma, Jane Austen Black Beauty, Anna Sewell Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett

Lena and Ruth are still at home in Punxsutawney, being next door neighbors. Lena is happily remarried, and as spring unfolds, what can steal their joy?Their neighbors with many dark secrets. Ruth believes the husband is slowly draining the life out of his wife and adult daughters. She tells the husband Christian character is above Amish manmade rules and calls him out as a hypocrite. Lena tones Ruth down and suggests they plant seeds of hope and love with appropriated doses of scripture to help the family. But Ruth was given a warning back home in New York for being too evangelical. She's never been one to do anything in halves and gets a bit preachy towards these neighbors. When they accuse her of being too cozy with Ex-Amish who are now Mennonite, will Ruth and her husband have to leave the Old Order Amish? Join the Mennonites Church? Spring Seeds is the sequel to Winter Wheat but can be read as a standalone novel. Amish recipes are included along with a discussion guide for book clubs.

As the autumn leaves whirl around Smicksburg, PA, so do two, or is it three romances. Widow Mad Maddie is outspoken and blunt. Who wouldn't' be after raising twenty kinner? But deep down, she's as sweet as her pies. And lonely. So lonely she confides in her cow, Cupcake, who listens better than humans.Widow Miss Prim Rose is pretty, dainty and ...and fragile. As fragile as one of her many teapots she collects, loving to bake teacakes and have tea parties. Problems with her natural family made her move from New York to live near her beloved Jane. (From the book, Plain Jane.) When the bishop suggests these two women open a bed and breakfast, or else settle near one of their kin, as is the Amish way, Maddie and Rose agree, knowing it will only last a month or two. How could two such opposite people share a kitchen? Tina Peters, a local realtor, agrees to be their English advertiser. A recent Carnegie Mellon University graduate, she's back from living in Pittsburgh and wants to live plain and simple. Can she convince her fiancé to settle in Smicksburg? Winston has always been an urban dweller. Is Tina pushing her Amish loving ways a bit too much on him? Granny and Jeb Weaver give them marriage counseling...but will Winston listen to Tina's "Amish grandparents"? Through many twists and turns, Psalm 40 is shared and pondered."He pulled me out of a pit... set me on a rock....and gave me a new song."

Cassia Byler is a twenty-two year old Amish beauty that has the small town of Smicksburg, Pennsylvania baffled. She appears to be content not to court any man, only desiring to work alongside her dad in his herb shop. When pushed too hard to court Moses Weaver by the knitting circle she attends, Cassia reveals the truth; she's been secretly engaged...to an Outsider. Not a baptized Amish member, she won't be shunned, but when she sees her dear dad's broken heart, will she break her engagement? Can she leave the Amish and the herb shop...and her dad?The Herbalist's Daughter takes you on a journey with Cassia Byler as she goes from a selfish, impulsive young woman, to a valley of testing and trials. In the end, Cassia is a joyful Christian woman, having been changed by unconditional love. If you like Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss, Emma by Jane Austen or North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, you'll be sure to enjoy The Herbalist's Daughter. Discussion guides accompany each book along with Amish recipes.

Amish Knit & Crochet Circle: Smicksburg Tales 5, consist of 8 episodes along with 8 thrifty recipes that Granny shares with the new outreach at the Smicksburg Baptist Church. But this gives Granny time to get involved Amish women in need. The Punxsutawney Amish cell phone kerfuffle is in full swing. Clara and Jacob move down to Smicksburg, hoping their kin will follow a narrower path. Melvin wants a cell phone in his variety store sending Fannie into a tizzy. Would Melvin expect her to move to Punsxy? NEVER! A very homesick Ella visits from New York, a rift in her marriage and soul. Widow Sarah comes to visit her cousin, wrapped in a crocheted black shawl, as fancy as she dare make it, and has the women in Granny's circle hankering to crochet. Sarah's more than willing to stick around chatting with Jonas over her wayward son. Can Jeb's new C.S. Lewis reading circle help young Samuel believe in a loving God? Denny and Becca have many decisions to make after his baptism. Will these teen lovebirds tie the knot?But how can Becca think of getting married? Her dear dad is so ill? Smicksburg Tales is a continuing short story serial which started in 2011 and is still in full swing. After 8 episodes are written they are combined into 300+ page novels. If you like the "old-fashioned serials" as many readers do, look for the books in episodes. To start at the very beginning, when Granny starts the knitting circle, look for Amish Knitting Circle: Episode 1 Beginnings. Each episode is approximately 40 pages and only 99 cents. If you prefer reading in long novel format, the books are in the following order: Amish Knitting Circle: Smicksburg Tales 1 Amish Friends Knitting Circle: Smicksburg Tales 2 Amish Knit Lit Circle: Smicksburg Tales 3 Amish Knit & Stitch Circle: Smicksburg Tales 4 Amish Knit & Crochet Circle: Smicksburg Tales 5

Fourteen-year-old Lexi needs a Christmas miracle, again. Her grandma, Gloria, now a widow, comes to live with the Stotlers and brings a luggage full of dark secrets. Literally. Last Christmas, Lexi and Emma Yoder cracked open Elliot Fraudburg, but even they think Gloria is a nut too hard to crack. Angela is unraveled by her mother's mysterious past and is in counseling.Lexi turns to 'Amish Santa', a jolly man with a white beard, children mistakenly call Santa. He just bellows out, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Noah Weaver knows some of these children won't get presents this year since the closing of the coal mine. He makes two-hundred Christmas presents, asking Gloria to help. But even he wonders if all things are possible with God after being around, 'That woman!' Will Lexi get her miracle? Will her grouchy grandma lighten up before Light Up Night? The regulars from Love Came Down At Christmas 1 & 2 are in this 3rd book. Can be read as a standalone. Based on true stories, Karen Anna Vogel aims to entertain while sharing yet more inspiration from Amish friends. Amish cookie recipes included along with Christmas ideas to wrap presents simply, the story of Saint Nicholas Day, celebrated on December sixth, how the Amish celebrate Christmas and more.

Can the love of God that came down at Christmas heal all? Cure all? Lexi believes this with all her heart.Lexi Remington, the twelve-year-old foster child readers worldwide adored in Love Came Down at Christmas, received a new name: Lexi Stotler. Yes, her Christmas wish to be adopted came true.Now, at thirteen, her Christmas wish is to see Mr. Fraudburg be transformed like Mr. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. So, Lexi brings a stray dog to Mr. Fraudburg. After all, don't dogs calm a soul down? His son, Adam, asks little of his father, but instantly loves this dog...and asks, pleads, to keep him. The more Adam pushes to keep the dog, Mr. Fraudburg becomes more miserly and despicable.He knows he needs help when his wife, son, and church members shy away from him.But Lexi sees through his tough, rough exterior. She was like that once, too. Lexi enlists the aid of Emma Yoder, an elderly Amish woman. Emma still helps Lexi let love in, and surely she can do the same for Mr. Fraudburg.By Christmas Day, Lexi wonders if her obsession with A Christmas Carol is being played out right before her. Not in Victorian England, but Smicksburg, Pennsylvania.

Raven Meadows was raised on the Allegheny Indian Reservation in New York but placed in foster care after the death of her grandparents. Moving from one foster home to another, she's had two constants in life: knitting and her ragdoll. Now at 24, she works as a social worker in a foster home for boys. To her surprise, Amish families from Cherry Creek, NY apply to be foster parents. She quickly bonds with one Amish woman, Susanna Yoder, a knitter waiting for a kidney transplant. Susanna shows Raven her prayer shawl, and seeing what comfort it brings, Raven eagerly knits prayer shawls and eventually helps start a knitting circle. Over time, Raven discovers her ragdoll is really an Amish doll that unravels the mystery of her birth. Will this revelation lead her to a new found faith, forgiveness, and love?

Granny Weaver started a knitting circle believing women are stronger spun together, just like her wool. But she was young once with her own struggles. In 1963 Deborah Byler is twenty-one and has turned down seven marriage proposals from hopeful suitors in Millersburg, Ohio. At her parent's request, she goes to live with relatives in the new Amish settlement in Smicksburg, Pennsylvania, praying she'll find a match. Jeb Weaver lives in a strict Swartzentruber Amish settlement, and he can no longer abide under the rules of the Ordnung. His older brother left the family farm and settled in Smicksburg, and convinces Jeb to do the same. When Jeb meets Deborah, he finds her too liberal and outspoken. Deborah thinks Jeb's judgmental and a complete stick in the mud. Their constant clashing makes sparks fly. Will an African American man, who hitchhikes around the country to attend Martin Luther King Jr. marches, help Jeb and Deborah see their own prejudices? "Karen Anna Vogel again bring us another heart warming Granny & Jeb story. A love that surrounds all those who read it." Pamela Jarrell Whoopie Pie Book Club

Ginny and James Rowland have close-knit ties with many Amish families in the small-town of Smickburg, Pennsylvania, but bonds begin to unravel... Ginny's photographer brother, Joseph, comes up from Pittsburgh to capture Amish farm scenes, but instead captures the heart of an Amish woman, Katie Byler. A shunned Amish man finds refuge in the Rowland's Baptist Church. The Bishop discovers his son is dating the Rowland's daughter. When tragedy strikes, will Granny Weaver's knitting circle be able to bring harmony through their love and faith? About the Author: "Karen writes with heart-touching insight and her characters are gripping."Jennifer Hudson Taylor, author Path of Freedom: Quilts of Love Series"Karen has approached the often misunderstood beliefs or the Amish with tact and tenderness."Kathi Macias, award-winning author of 40 novels.Karen shares a century old farmhouse with her husband of 33 years. They're happy empty nesters, their 4 kids having taken the leap into marital bliss. They live a hop, skip and a jump from Smicksburg and visit often, getting fresh inspiration and research so Karen can accurately portray the Amish lifestyle, one she admires To date, Karen has 8 books in print

Jane Schmucker is on a quest for independence, having been raised with an iron fist and with little love by her relatives. When she reads the novel, Jane Eyre, it inspires her to leave Punxsutawney and head to Cherry Creek, New York for a job. Although 20, she's naive about the ways of the world and falls for the charms of a very attractive Amish man, Jonas Hershberger. Although arrogant and mysterious, can she change him like Jane Eyre's goodness changed Mr. Rochester? Or will Luke Miller, her childhood friend, prayers be heard? Bring Jane back to all who love her in Punxsutawney! Bring her back to me! Can an elderly Amish woman and kind bishop in Cherry Creek, along with a Seneca Native American friend in Salamanca, New York, help her find sure footing for her feet?

The hope of spring! The hope of a new life! Lena Graber is a relieved widow, not grieved. She relishes the peace, except when her mother-in-law torments her with debt. Fearful of losing her farm, Lena reaches out to Jacob King, who plows up the fields and plants winter wheat. Come spring, it should bring in a good profit.Jacob King has loved Lena since he was old enough to like girls. Now that Lena is free to remarry, she considers Jacob's marriage proposal. But she needs time away to think and lives with her aunt and uncle in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania for the winter. The Amish in Pennsylvania are vastly different than the strictest of strict Amish sect Lena is used to in New York. As Lena finds liberty in Pennsylvania to wear colors other than black and blue, be a passenger in a car, have trusted English friends, and other luxuries forbidden back home, will this divide her from Jacob? All winter, like the dead seeds of wheat grow and swell under the earth, so does Lena. As the desire to remarry grows, God is molding a man who will love her unconditionally...Best-selling author, Karen Anna Vogel, has been a trusted English friend to many Amish in Pennsylvania and New York for over thirty years. She hopes to portray their culture accurately in her many books, sharing inspiration and lessons learned.

For 30 years, author Karen Anna Vogel has lived near the Amish, considered a "Trusted English Friend". She passes on inspirational experiences about the Amish culture in her novels, but readers want more. So, in this 31 Day 'challenge' Karen shares all she's gleaned so far, and invites you to make simplicity a habit.