Inexpensive land lures Amish, Mennonites to region
Lydia Zook, bundled in a plain, black coat over a lavender linen dress, steps out of her family’s renovated barn. A few strands of dark brown hair streaked with gray peek out from beneath a…
Hate-crime Amish sent to faraway prisons
CLEVELAND, OH — The eight men convicted of an Amish hate crime in Ohio have been assigned to prisons scattered across the United States, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said. Bishop Samuel Mullet, 67, leader of…
Pinecraft Blogger Hopes PBS Film Could Change Amish’s Minds
Florida — Pinecraft resident Katie Troyer teeters between the English world, the media and the Amish. It’s a delicate balance, but she manages it between taking photos for the Pinecraft Pauper, blogging and following her…
Amish Voice – March 2013
Amish Voice – March 2013 IN THIS ISSUE: The Proof That Man is Justified by Faith Alone and Not By Works Preachers Outline & Sermon Bible in King James Version Seasons and Times – Lynn Miller…
Child injured in crash involving horse and buggy
LOYSVILLE, PA — A 5-year-old Loysville girl was flown to Penn State Hershey Medical Center after a car crashed into a horse and buggy in Perry County, according to state police in Newport. Police said…
Seasons and Times
It is November; the leaves are mostly down, and we are busily raking them. The smell of smoke can often be found in the air. The crisp outdoors gives us a sense of foreboding…cold, wintry…
Sunday Christians
Many believers have very little to do with God outside of their time in church on Sunday morning. Very few churchgoers seem to have a good understanding of scripture and, in fact, not many even…
Rekindle The Fire
The book of Galatians is one of those books of the Bible that has been of tremendous influence in my life. In the other letters to the churches, specifically 1 and 2 Corinthians and Colossians,…
The Fruit of The Spirit
The Fruit of the Spirit Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Wouldn’t it be great to live a life with all of these wonderful characteristics coming from within you on a daily…
A Computer Fit For The Amish
Last week, I had a story on an Amish trade show. It was mostly about power tools, but there was another other thing that we didn’t mention in the online version: The booth selling computers…