David Janzen 
Once Upon a Time There Was a Three-Year-Old Grandpa [EPUB ebook] 
A Kaleidoscope of Farmer-Boy Stories with Reflections on Character, Wisdom, and Community

This eccentric title recalls a collection of tales first told to grandchildren at bedtime. Each chapter begins with a fun-to-read farmer-boy story from the 1940s, an era before industrial farming when horses, cows, and chickens were still members of the family. These anecdotes each launch a theme that splashes down with further development in later decades of life. Diverse topics include imaginative play, construction crew humor, animal intelligence, contemplative prayer and journal writing, rural and urban farming, communal wisdom, and affordable housing, along with a few serious pranks and the prophetic mischief that follows. This memoir is also a confession in the pattern of Augustine, reflecting on God’s in-breaking initiatives and the writer’s emerging sense of calling in lifelong conversation with Jesus. Its stories offer a series of curiosity-driven on-ramps into eight decades of transformative experiences for curious souls to ponder an open-eyed faith and a communal way of life for the long haul.

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Nancy and Joe Gatlin have lived their passion for community building for more than forty years in Chicago and Waco as members and cofounders of communal households and two inner-city church communities. Joe has worked with Habitat for Humanity for the last thirty years and currently is Director of Field Operations for the US Area Office. Nancy, born in Costa Rica and raised in Uruguay, is a teacher and educator and has led SMC delegations to Valle Nuevo for many years.Nancy y Joe Gatlin han vivido su pasión de establecimiento de comunidad por más de cuarenta años en Chicago y Waco como miembros y cofundadores de hogares comunitarios y dos comunidades esclesiásticas urbanas. Joe ha trabajado con Hábitat para la Humanidad por los últimos treinta años y actualmente es Director de Operaciones para la Oficina del Area de los Estados Unidos. Nancy, nacida en Costa Rica y criada en el Uruguay, es maestra y educadora y ha dirigido las delegaciones de las CMS a Valle Nuevo por muchos años.