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In Search of a Golden Sparrow
"In Search of a Golden Sparrow" is a heartwarming story about seven-year-old Jeremy. He lives in rural America during the later years of the Great Depression and must struggle on crutches, for he was born crippled.
When he finds a baby sparrow that has fallen from its nest and died, he feels sorry for the tiny helpless bird, but no one else seems to care. Later, events in his life cause him to feel worthless and helpless, like the little bird.
His grandmother tells him that God cares about him and the little bird, and even said, He sees the sparrow fall. But Jeremy asks, If n He saw it fall Grammaw, how come He let it die? And how come I was born crippled?
She tells him about heaven, its golden streets, and that he is more precious than gold. She also tells him, in heaven everything will be beautiful and that he won t be crippled. Thinking God might change the little bird into a golden one, Cause they ain t too purty down here, he asks God to send him a golden sparrow. That way, he ll know God hears him, loves him, and that he won t be crippled in heaven.
During his search for a golden sparrow, his faith touches many, from an old man Hermit Bill, to Scotty Simmons (a kid who makes fun of him).
The story was written because during a difficult time in my life I had asked God to give me something to write about that will touch people s hearts. A week later, I happen to see a white sparrow with gold wing patches. Then after I had already begun the book, I found with the white one, a real golden sparrow!
When he finds a baby sparrow that has fallen from its nest and died, he feels sorry for the tiny helpless bird, but no one else seems to care. Later, events in his life cause him to feel worthless and helpless, like the little bird.
His grandmother tells him that God cares about him and the little bird, and even said, He sees the sparrow fall. But Jeremy asks, If n He saw it fall Grammaw, how come He let it die? And how come I was born crippled?
She tells him about heaven, its golden streets, and that he is more precious than gold. She also tells him, in heaven everything will be beautiful and that he won t be crippled. Thinking God might change the little bird into a golden one, Cause they ain t too purty down here, he asks God to send him a golden sparrow. That way, he ll know God hears him, loves him, and that he won t be crippled in heaven.
During his search for a golden sparrow, his faith touches many, from an old man Hermit Bill, to Scotty Simmons (a kid who makes fun of him).
The story was written because during a difficult time in my life I had asked God to give me something to write about that will touch people s hearts. A week later, I happen to see a white sparrow with gold wing patches. Then after I had already begun the book, I found with the white one, a real golden sparrow!
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About the author
Kenneth Edward Barnes
115 books13 followersKenneth Edward Barnes has been called, “A modern day Mark Twain” by a local newspaper reporter. “He shows a Twain sense of humor in conversation and in his writing. He writes in the ‘down to earth’ style that Twain used to capture the heart of America.”
He was born on April 4, 1951, along the banks of Little Pigeon Creek in the southern tip of Indiana, downstream from where Abraham Lincoln grew up. As a child, he loved fishing from the muddy banks of the creek and roaming in the nearby woods. He never missed an opportunity to be in the outdoors where he could see all of God’s creation.
Ken is a nationally published writer, poet and the author of over one hundred books. Some of his most popular ones are: The Mammoth Slayers series; Mysteries of the Bible; A Cabin in the Woods; The Arkansas River Monster series; Madam President; Life Along Little Pigeon Creek and The Golden Sparrow. This could soon change, however, as he has recently written several others.
The author became a member of Hoosier Outdoor Writers in 1993, where he has won several awards from them in their annual writing contest. He has also been a guest speaker for the Boy Scouts, Daughters of the American Revolution, Teachers Reading Counsel, Kiwanis Club, and at several schools, libraries and churches.
Poems of faith were the first things Ken wrote, and often he visited churches where he recited them. Nearly every time, many in the congregation were moved to tears by the words he wrote. Thinking he may have a talent for touching people’s hearts, he began writing more poems and books. He has studied the Bible since he was a young teenager. He seeks the truth and not what man says. He has been a church teacher, and a substitute schoolteacher. He strives to worship, as did the first Christians, before man changed so many things and added their own traditions.
Ken has been an outdoor columnist and contributing editor for several newspapers and magazines: Ohio Valley Sportsman, Kentucky Woods and Waters, Southern Indiana Outdoors, Fur-Fish-Game, Wild Outdoor World, Mid-West Outdoors, and a hard cover book called From the Field. He has written for the Boonville Standard, Perry County News, Newburgh Register and Chandler Post. He has had poems published locally and nationally. One called The Stranger went to missionaries around the world. The poem, Princess, was also published locally and nationally, and won honorable mention in a national contest. His best-loved poem is called Condemned, and has been published by the tens of thousands. Nearly every single poem he has written is in his books, Poems from the Heart and My Favorite Poems.
Ken has worked for an Evansville, Indiana, television station where he had outdoor news segments aired that he wrote, directed and edited. He also had film clips that were aired on the national television shows Real TV and Animal Planet. At this time, he has several short videos on YouTube and on GodTube.
Studying nature since childhood, he is a self-taught ornithologist and a conservationist. In 2009, he became founder and president of the Golden Sparrow Nature Society, the name of which was chosen because of his first published book. Ken loves to share his knowledge and love of nature, and it has been said that he is a walking encyclopedia on birds and animals.
He has followed his dream of being a writer and now lives in a cabin in the woods. Being an individualist, he cleared the land, dug a well by hand and built the house himself, which uses only solar electric.
Comments on the author’s work can be left on this site of course or on his Facebook page at: Kenneth Edward Barnes.
He was born on April 4, 1951, along the banks of Little Pigeon Creek in the southern tip of Indiana, downstream from where Abraham Lincoln grew up. As a child, he loved fishing from the muddy banks of the creek and roaming in the nearby woods. He never missed an opportunity to be in the outdoors where he could see all of God’s creation.
Ken is a nationally published writer, poet and the author of over one hundred books. Some of his most popular ones are: The Mammoth Slayers series; Mysteries of the Bible; A Cabin in the Woods; The Arkansas River Monster series; Madam President; Life Along Little Pigeon Creek and The Golden Sparrow. This could soon change, however, as he has recently written several others.
The author became a member of Hoosier Outdoor Writers in 1993, where he has won several awards from them in their annual writing contest. He has also been a guest speaker for the Boy Scouts, Daughters of the American Revolution, Teachers Reading Counsel, Kiwanis Club, and at several schools, libraries and churches.
Poems of faith were the first things Ken wrote, and often he visited churches where he recited them. Nearly every time, many in the congregation were moved to tears by the words he wrote. Thinking he may have a talent for touching people’s hearts, he began writing more poems and books. He has studied the Bible since he was a young teenager. He seeks the truth and not what man says. He has been a church teacher, and a substitute schoolteacher. He strives to worship, as did the first Christians, before man changed so many things and added their own traditions.
Ken has been an outdoor columnist and contributing editor for several newspapers and magazines: Ohio Valley Sportsman, Kentucky Woods and Waters, Southern Indiana Outdoors, Fur-Fish-Game, Wild Outdoor World, Mid-West Outdoors, and a hard cover book called From the Field. He has written for the Boonville Standard, Perry County News, Newburgh Register and Chandler Post. He has had poems published locally and nationally. One called The Stranger went to missionaries around the world. The poem, Princess, was also published locally and nationally, and won honorable mention in a national contest. His best-loved poem is called Condemned, and has been published by the tens of thousands. Nearly every single poem he has written is in his books, Poems from the Heart and My Favorite Poems.
Ken has worked for an Evansville, Indiana, television station where he had outdoor news segments aired that he wrote, directed and edited. He also had film clips that were aired on the national television shows Real TV and Animal Planet. At this time, he has several short videos on YouTube and on GodTube.
Studying nature since childhood, he is a self-taught ornithologist and a conservationist. In 2009, he became founder and president of the Golden Sparrow Nature Society, the name of which was chosen because of his first published book. Ken loves to share his knowledge and love of nature, and it has been said that he is a walking encyclopedia on birds and animals.
He has followed his dream of being a writer and now lives in a cabin in the woods. Being an individualist, he cleared the land, dug a well by hand and built the house himself, which uses only solar electric.
Comments on the author’s work can be left on this site of course or on his Facebook page at: Kenneth Edward Barnes.
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