Ken Mansfield - Stumbling on Open Ground: Love, God, Cancer, and Rock n Roll

PRAISE FOR
STUMBLING ON OPEN GROUND

Ken is jarringly honest about everythinglife, success, fame, disillusionment, faith, questioning faith, cancer, the death of friends, and staying very close to ones spouse and Creator in the face of life-threatening challenges. This book might make you a little uncomfortable, but thats probably why you should read it. We must all at some point face similar challenges, face mortality, losing everything material, and Ken talks about what its like to trust God, no matter what.

BERNIE LEADON, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE EAGLES

Ken has been down roads so unique that many of us only read about lives like his in novels or see them in blockbuster movies. But this time, he gets personal and strikes a chord deep in our hearts as he tackles the universal questions of Why me? Why now? Will I be able to handle this? Where are you, God? This book is sure to inspire you, and help you to doubt your doubts, and place your faith in God.

KIRK CAMERON, ACTOR AND PRODUCER

Ken Mansfields Stumbling on Open Ground is one of the most extraordinary messages of healingspiritual, physical and emotionalI have ever read. As someone who is paid to write, Im genuinely in awe of his descriptive powers... and he needs them all to convey the Tolstoyan experiences of his past trials, and to describe the miraculous. Kens writing is truly magnificent and this is a book that will be savored and remembered forever by those lucky enough to crack it open. Thank God for keeping Ken alive to write it.

DAVID ASMAN, HOST OF FORBES ON FOX, FOX NEWS CHANNEL

Ken Mansfields harrowing journey from the pinnacle of successon the rooftop with the Beatles for their final performanceto the depths of near death is a story both heavenly and hellish as he openly faces his God with the questions very few trust their heavenly Father enough to ask. Gods answers lie between the pages of this book.

MANCOW MULLER, NATIONALLY SYNDICATED RADIO AND TELEVISION HOST

Stumbling on Open Ground reveals faith, hope, and love in the deepest of ways. The jarring reality of pain and suffering will touch you as you read of Ken and Connies common fight to believe and endure while in the midst of tremendous storms. It is the nearness of God that provides the comfort and strength they needed to push through with tears of joy.

PHIL KEAGGY, TWO-TIME INDUCTEE INTO THE GOSPEL MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND SEVEN-TIME DOVE AWARD RECIPIENT

I have known Ken Mansfield for quite a few years now and I can honestly say he is one of the most unique human beings I have ever had the privilege of calling a friend. He has a way of turning thoughts into words like very few can, and once again in Stumbling on Open Ground he has captured my heart and soul in a profound way. His thoughts make me think and open my eyes to new horizons, new ideas, and a broader view of the God we serve. His story is simply riveting! Ken is a fighter, a survivor, and a poet. You will be blessed by his words.

LINCOLN BREWSTER, WORSHIP PASTOR AT BAYSIDE CHURCH AND INTEGRITY MUSIC RECORDING ARTIST

Ken Mansfield is a legendary figure and his work with radio programmers on the Beatles double-sided single Hey Jude and Revolution was innovative and groundbreaking. It later became standard industry practice. Having recently experienced a cancer scare with my wife, Donna, reading Kens poetic words on the subject all hit home for me.

WILL TURPIN, COLLECTIVE SOUL

Ken Mansfield may have stumbled through the valley of the shadow of death, but it was just that, a shadow. Ken has emerged from the valley, on the other side, journeying toward open ground. Ken exhibits by his life that the big C, is not cancer but Christ.

SCOTT ROSS, 700 CLUB, CBN

Ken Manfields words are both poetic and powerful as he brings us along on the journey of restoration and healing with great honesty and transparency. No matter what you may be facing, this book will touch your heart forever and impart to you the spirit of an overcomer. I am proud to call Ken and Connie my dear friends.

NANCY ALCORN, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF MERCY MINISTRIES

Ken Mansfields continuing search for ultimate meaning in a meaningless world is captivating reading. The honesty of his doubts and questions coupled with the confessions of his heart are moving and intense, bringing light and encouragement into the readers own world of questions, doubt and confession.

IAN LEITCH, THE HERALDS TRUST, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UK

From his early days with the Beatles, Ken breathed the rarified air of celebrity status and yet he has not been immune to personal tragedy. Kens great writing style applied to his dark experiences battling cancer will have you riveted to your seat and rethinking your strategy of life. His wit and wordplay is mingled with harsh reality as he makes sense of what seems senseless to so many who struggle with a similar disease. Though Mansfields literary offering is thoroughly saturated in Scripture, he doesnt write as an aloof theologian but as a fellow traveler who has trodden the painful path and emerged with a compelling story. You will both enjoy it and be tremendously encouraged by it.

SKIP HEITZIG, PASTOR, CALVARY OF ALBUQUERQUE

Riveting! Ken candidly and honestly confronts the faith challenges of being blindsided by two major cancers. His insights inspire readers to greater heights of faith in dealing with the land mines of their own life. This book offers a unique perspective on traveling with God through very difficult times.

CHUCK GIRARD, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PIONEER, ORIGINAL MEMBER OF LEGENDARY GROUPLOVE SONG

Stumbling on Open Ground is the book weve been waiting for from Ken Mansfield. Its the true account of a man whos seen the highest of highs and the most humbling of lows, searching for Gods direction and answering His call. I use Kens walk through some of the battles unfolded in this amazing story of inspiration as a measuring stick for my own life.

BRIAN MITCHELL, VP MARKETING, BIG IDEA ENTERTAINMENT/VEGGIETALES

Kens stories are amazing, especially to hear him talk about his days with the Beatles. However, Stumbling on Open Ground tops them all! It is definitely a must read.

DAVE DRAVECKY, FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

From the first page you are immediately engaged and eager to see where each chapter will take you. When you read Kens story you store up faith and courage for what may come your way no matter how great or small the trial. Plus, I love all the music bits! Ken has led a fascinating life that continues through his writings and zeal for whatever God puts before him. Read this book. You will be better for it.

RICK CUA, PASTORAL CARE PASTOR, GRACE CHAPEL, LEIPERS FORK, TENNESSEE, AND FORMER BASS PLAYER WITH THE OUTLAWS

Youre going to love this book! Ken is creative, funny, and completely honest about life in a broken worlda world that includes cancer. You wont find plastic Christianity here. This is the real deal and its terribly refreshing.

REV. IVAN VELDHUIZEN, PASTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES, CONVERGE WORLDWIDE

Ken Mansfield is my favorite storyteller especially when he digs deep into the harder realities of life and faith. He always makes me think deeplybut he still makes me laugh out loud.

TOMMY COOMES, ORIGINAL MEMBER OF LEGENDARY LOVE SONG, FORMER CO-OWNER OF MARANATHA MUSIC

What a life! What a walk! Ken Mansfield has been on the rooftop of the world one moment and starting over as a low-level roadie humbly on his knees adjusting a stage monitor for a demanding diva the next. However, through the pages of