A Tale of Conflict and Peace at the B Bar Ranch

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>