Growing Up Amish, by Ira Wagler
Growing Up Amish is a moving memoir of a life and lifestyle that is foreign to most of us: the Amish. Ira was born and raised in the Amish tradition, leaving and coming back several…
Amish girl and parents flee United States to avoid court-mandated chemotherapy
Ohio — The alarming saga of Andy and Anna Hershberger and their 10 year old daughter Sarah, who is now in complete remission from lymphoblastic lymphoma, an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has taken yet…
IOSHA fines Amish factory $4,000 for safety violations
SPENCERVILLE, IN – The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) has handed down more than $4,000 in fines toward the Amish pallet factory Timberline Crating, located near Spencerville. This comes several months after a…
Ohio judges and magistrates learn about Amish
COLUMBUS––The nationally covered trial of a group of Amish involved in a forced beard-cutting against other Amish members made an impression across the county, but some Ohio judges recently learned about complicated realities behind the…
Grand jury calls for tighter state regulation of midwives to protect home-birth mothers and babies
Pennsylvania’s laws governing non-nurse midwives are so “murky and disjointed” that the safety of mothers and their newborn babies is at risk, a Lancaster County investigative grand jury is contending. In a report issued this…
10 Amish Money Myths
Many people have misconceptions about the Amish and their way of life. While many people know that Amish are frugal, one of the biggest misconceptions due to this is that they maintain a way of…
Mennonite couple fights for the right NOT to allow same sex marriage at wedding venue
A couple with Mennonite beliefs has filed a countersuit against the Iowa Civil Rights Commission after a complaint was filed against them for refusing to host a same-sex marriage at their wedding venue. Dick and…
From grief to grace: Wife of Amish schoolhouse shooter breaks her silence
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — Among the flowers and plants in Marie Monville’s sunny yard sits a rosebush, a gift from her first husband, Charlie. A few years ago, Monville painstakingly unearthed the roots and transplanted the…
As Obamacare Takes Effect, Getting Health Care to the Amish
In Clarion County’s Licking Township there are vibrant green hills, windy narrow roads and traffic signs posted just as much for the trucks and tractors as for the horses and buggies. It’s a small, rural…
Anabaptist newspaper calls ‘Amish Mafia’ a bigoted attack on Amish identity
An Anabaptist publication says the television show “Amish Mafia” is a “bigoted attack on Amish identity” that shamelessly exploits recent tragedies including the Nickel Mines massacre to gain ratings. The publication, the Mennonite World Review,…