Legacy Books

A book for the people who knew them. Sometimes, a book for people who need to.

Every family has someone whose life should be recorded: a parent who built a business and tithed through lean years, a grandmother whose prayers shaped three generations, a quiet leader who never asked to be written about.

Open Hands offers a structured way to do that work while the person can still speak for themselves.

Two outcomes

The most common path

A family legacy book

Written from recorded interviews, reviewed with the family, printed in a limited edition for children, grandchildren, and a few close friends. This is private, careful, and complete in itself.

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A few lives, a wider audience

A story that may be published

A few lives have a theme the wider church or marketplace needs. Those projects follow the same interview process, then a separate discernment step about audience, permissions, and publication. Publication is never assumed.

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What we capture