Eighth Day Books

OPEN HOUSE UPDATE
Our neighbors to the north at College Hill United Methodist Church have graciously allowed us to use their parking lot for the open house Monday 6-8pm so that we can use the parking lot for outdoor seating. Please plan to park in either of the parking lots a block to the north of the bookstore. If you do need to park closer on the street, please do NOT park on the east side of Erie and be careful of blocking driveways. The street is narrow and we want to respect all our neighbors.

We look forward to being with you all.

For those wondering about the future of the bookstore...

As one of us said so eloquently: "There is no "future" of the bookstore—simply the persistent daily labor and self-gift which we all witnessed Warren do day after day, taking nothing for granted. Warren did not regard us as his employees, and we (unless jokingly) did not regard him as our boss; he was Abba and we were his children. For us, there was never a question whether we would open the store yesterday, or continue with any of our other upcoming plans, and not just because it's what Warren would have wanted us to do, but because our hearts have been conformed, at least somewhat, to his (and further on to Christ's, God willing)."

For those who have been with us since day one, thank you. For those who are just hearing about us now, come and see.

Thank you all. Christ is risen!

Wichita bookstore owner remembered as thoughtful man of faith. His store will carry on
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CHANGE IN HOURS WEEK OF MAY 25TH
The bookstore is closed for Memorial Day Monday May 25th. We will be open for the advertised Open House 6-8pm but no regular business hours.
We will close at 6pm on Tuesday May 26th so that everyone can attend Warren's funeral.
We will be closed all day Wednesday May 27th.

Thank you for your continued support of Eighth Day Books.

- Rebekah / Eighth Day Books

"I imagine the dead waking, dazed, into a shadowless light in which they know themselves altogether for the first time. It is a light that is merciless until they can accept its mercy; by it they are at once condemned and redeemed. It is Hell until it is Heaven. Seeing themselves in that light, if they are willing, they see how far they have failed the only justice of loving one another; it punishes them by their own judgment. And yet, in suffering that light’s awful clarity, in seeing themselves within it, they see its forgiveness and its beauty, and are consoled. In it they are loved completely, even as they have been, and so are changed into what they could not have been but what, if they could have imagined it, they would have wished to be. That light can come into this world only as love, and love can enter only by suffering. Not enough light has ever reached us here among the shadows, and yet I think it has never been entirely absent." - Wendell Berry, A World Lost

Eighth Day Books will hold an open house on Monday May 25th 6-8pm for all those who wish to gather and remember Warren together. Please bring a drink or snack to share.

Services for Warren are as follows:
Funeral 7pm Tuesday May 26th at St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral
Burial 11am Wednesday May 27th at Kensington Gardens

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life.