I am currently in an Old Order Mennonite church where rules are religion. I am getting sick of people relying on the preacher to be their god. They believe if you question any of their… 

I left the Amish when I was eighteen years old. Looking back, I now realize that one of the biggest things I missed out on when I left was being there to experience memories with… 

From the time I was a young Amish boy, I thought that I wouldn’t mind being a preacher. In my early teens, I memorized large portions of scripture in German, and practiced quoting them as… 

I was born and raised in a Beachy Amish community. I didn’t really think much about growing up in the Amish culture; it seemed normal to me. My father was always very preoccupied and distant,… 

I was born to Amish parents in Geauga County, Ohio in 1982.  When I was six years old, we moved to a new community in Hart County, Kentucky because my parents didn’t like the partying… 

I grew up Amish and was raised in a good family. I am the oldest of seven. Growing up, I always had questions and tons of them: “Why do we do certain things? Why are… 

It was a lot of fun to grow up on an old-order Amish farm! Feeding livestock and watching things grow was exciting, and being outdoors was something I enjoyed a lot. Going to church was… 

My name is Nora Garrett, and I have kind of a unique story because I was only Amish for the first four years of my life. Even though I was really little when we left,… 

I enjoyed growing up in an Old Order Amish home. I had a big family with lots of brothers and sisters, and I was also really close to many of my cousins. I am an… 

Ray enjoyed growing up in the Amish, and he loved his heritage for some of the same reasons that many people are drawn to the Amish today. The characteristics of solid family values, simple lifestyles,…