Books
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A Time to Be Born
Imagine a place in twenty-first-century America where kids grow up milking cows by hand and still prefer “hide and seek” to video games.
Where families laugh together around the dinner table every day.
Where gardens bloom, children splash in the creek, and newborn lambs bleat in the springtime.
Where divorce is unheard of and friendships last a lifetime.
Where the aged and infirm are cared for by loving family, not institutions.
Where children are educated by parents and trusted friends, not strangers.
And where babies are born at home, tended by generational volunteer midwives who share the parents’ faith, culture, and values.
Enter the world of Amanda Lancaster, born and raised in the intentional Christian community known as Homestead Heritage, begun in 1973 and now a thriving network of church communities around the world.
A Time to Be Born is her delightful, emotive memoir, a tapestry of birth and belonging, of motherhood and midwifery—where the sacred and the ordinary meet in kitchens, bedrooms, barns, and hearts.
Together Dreams Come True
Together Dreams Come True is a simple, yet powerful portrayal of the community life that inspired the Homestead Fair. Children and adults alike will enjoy this glimpse into the journey these people took from the urban center of Manhattan to a shared agrarian life where families and relationships could take root and grow.
A Sunbeam on Your Head
“If there were any words behind your big brown eyes, they were locked up inside.”
A Sunbeam on Your Head is the true story of an autistic child raised in the context of the Homestead Heritage community, a unique context where the wholeness of the culture provides healing for his needs.
Meet Christopher as he watches the world go by from underneath the family fig tree. Little by little he emerges from his small, confused world into one where he has a part. He learns to speak, to eat, to work and eventually to see the “sunbeams” that give meaning to each life.