No Perfect Church
It is related that a man once came to Charles H. Spurgeon, and asked that great preacher if his church was a pure church. He said he was looking for a pure church that he…
David Shrock
I left the Amish in May of 2003 and moved in with one of my older brothers. I was 16 years old at the time and was out to explore and enjoy the world. I…
Rachel (Keim) Raber
I left the Amish “and my family” on a beautiful Sunday afternoon 10 months ago not knowing what would become of my life, not realizing what a big step I was taking. I moved in…
Mose Slabaugh
I left the Amish on August 18, 2007 in California, MO. I had to walk a mile to the highway where my brother Abe from Colorado picked me up. We went to Wal-Mart to get…
David Mast
As an Amish teenager, I always knew there was something that I didn’t understand about God, but I didn’t know what it was. At age 18, I got baptized; I didn’t know why, other than,…
Abraham Shrock
I’m Abraham. I grew up Amish and the Amish are very strict. It’s like they think it’s all the good works that lets them enter the gates of Heaven instead of trusting and believing what…
When Your Hut’s On Fire
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted,…
Inspiring Isn’t A Big Enough Word For This Pony
Meet Molly. She’s a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana. She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned…
An Old Farmer’s Advice
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled. Do not corner something that you know is…
Regret and Dread
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for…