MOUNT HOPE, OH – A sobering commitment to nonresistance in wartime was the theme given the most attention at the 13th Anabaptist Identity Conference. Hours of lectures on the experiences of nonresistant Christians during the…
Palm Desert resident John Peters, 66, came from a confused family background—which, in anyone else, might have led to dysfunction, insecurity and/or any number of psychologically traumatic results. But this ebullient man has not only…
While most tourists are planning their trips to smorgasbords and souvenir shops, the heart of Lancaster County gathers every year in the mud. It’s mud sale season: The time of year where Amish and non-Amish…
SARASOTA, FL – There’s a subtle quilt pattern that runs through Sarasota’s newest hotel. The small squares of color, along with handmade furniture and a few tastefully hung straw hats behind the front desk, set…
Iron bars slammed shut with a clang in March 1958. It was the sound of the old order colliding with the new world. Horse-drawn buggies filled parking spaces outside Wayne County Juvenile Court in Wooster…
LOOGOOTEE, IN – Stanley Knepp hears it all the time from friends and acquaintances outside the Church. Questions about avoidance of technology, beard styles and the differences between Mennonites and the Amish. “If I don’t…
EDEN TOWNSHIP, PA – State police say a man pretending to be a police officer briefly detained an Amish buggy in Eden Township on March 4. The buggy driver told police a car pulled behind…
DOVER, DE – A Hartly man received two years in prison Thursday morning involving a fatal hit and run crash with an Amish buggy in western Kent County last year. Robert H. Eckeard, 29 years…
Many people think of the Amish as living without. These devout communities, predominantly located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, go without cars, TVs, computers, phones or even the electricity needed to run so much of 21st century gadgetry.…
TEXAS – It may not be in the headlines much any more, but months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August 2017, the area is still recovering, and Mennonites and Amish from all over the…
