Amish still a welcoming Missouri community
CLARK, MO – This past weekend my husband and I visited the Amish community in Clark. If you never have driven around this charming area, it’s a lot like stepping back in time. In 1953,…
Baby left on Amish family porch 40 years ago seeks relatives
LANCASTER, PA – Forty years ago, a widowed Amish woman and her daughter watched from their window late one night as someone in dark clothing walked up to their farmhouse near Gordonville, Lancaster County, and…
Amish Voice – November 2016
Amish Voice – November 2016 IN THIS ISSUE: My Story (Part 3) – Emanuel Schrock A Puzzling Situation Praying Women – Norma Miller Amish Voice Conference Calls (Past, Present, and Future) A Journal of the Heart –…
Amish fight law mandating horse poop bags
AUBURN, KY – Amish residents of a western Kentucky town are fighting back against an ordinance requiring large animals to wear collection bags to catch their droppings, arguing that the law unfairly singles out their…
What is This Thing Called Repentance?
Matthew 3:1-3: In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet…
A Journal of the Heart
A heart that is heavy. Do those who carry such hearts know what brought such sorrow? When they wake up they’re filled with loneliness and grief. At times their sadness leaves. They laugh with friends;…
Praying Women
There are very few things as powerful as praying women. The tenacity of a woman praying for those she loves is a force to be reckoned with! Today I would like to address something that…
My Story (Part 3)
Welcome to part three of Emanuel Schrock’s true life story. 3. The Answer One day, I was listening to a man preach from the book of Hebrews. I was at the point where I was…
Do Not Harden Your Heart
Paul starts Hebrews 3:7 by writing, Wherefore as the Holy Spirit says… and then quotes Psalm 95:7-11. By quoting Old Testament scriptures to these New Testament Christians, Paul is making it quite clear that the…
Feasterville man who ‘gifted’ Amish girl charged Monday with sexually assaulting five of her sisters
FEASTERVILLE, PA – Lee Kaplan, the Feasterville man already facing charges for allegedly having sex with an underage Amish girl and fathering her two children was charged with additional rape counts Monday involving five of the…