Obey the Higher Powers…Today?
What is the right thing for a Christian to do when the government asks us to do things that we would rather not do? In the last few months, we have seen our rights being…
The Woman, A Helper
This message is for the girls: In the beginning, our perfect God created a perfect, beautiful world. Each time He created something new, He sat back and observed His new creation, and felt satisfied. He…
The Power of the Tongue
It has been said, women talk more than men. That, of course, is not the case at my house. I’m the talker. Esther is the listener. According to BBC and their research, women use an…
Missing Lancaster, Pa. Amish teen: ‘We have no answers.”
At about 12:30 p.m., on Sunday, June 21, Linda Stoltzfoos, a tall, slim 18-year-old Amish woman, left a church service at a home in Bird-in-Hand, east of Lancaster, Pa., and started walking home. And then, she vanished. None of the people…
MISSING: Police looking for missing 18-year-old last seen in Bird in Hand
BIRD IN HAND, PA – The search for a missing 18-year-old Amish woman in Lancaster County continues today. Linda Stoltzfoos was last seen on Sunday at church. She never returned to her home on Beach…
David Renno
My name is David Renno, and I grew up in an Old Order Amish community. Like many, I really enjoyed and appreciated the work ethic, strong family ties, and community strength of the Amish. Everyone…
Minnesota Court of Appeals upholds ruling in Amish gray-water case
A Fillmore County District Court judge’s ruling that would require Fillmore County Amish men to install subsurface sewage treatment systems despite religious objections was upheld by the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Ammon Swartzentruber, Menno Mast,…
Amish schools: ‘Distance learning’ involves paper and pencil
LANCASTER, PA — In mid-March, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all Pennsylvania schools to close, prompting an abrupt shutdown of the state’s public and private schools – and, it turns out, Amish one-room schoolhouses. Local…
Ben Girod
….Not only that, but we also have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this…
Ex-Amish member Ira Wagler on his journey of forgiveness with Amish family
Ira Wagler says forgiveness has made his relationship with his Amish family better than ever. In a follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Growing Up Amish, Wagler has a new book out, titled Broken Roads: Returning…