Born Amish Then Shunned: How I Reunited with My Amish Family
One of five children, I was born in 1979 to an Amish Family. My parents decided to leave the Old Order Community in Central Pennsylvania to make a new life. Upon leaving they took their…
Former Amish in the News
Amish School Shooting in Nickel Mines, PA
Nickel Mines Pensylvania School Shooting The Former Amish Respond Note: The following responses came from former Amish people who questioned how the Amish were able to forgive the man who walked into a schoolhouse in Nickel…
My Life as an Amish
ONE week ago the tiny Amish community of Nickel Mines lived in peaceful isolation from the evils of the modern world. That innocent idyll was cruelly shattered by crazed gunman Charles Carl Roberts. Now one…
Mary Byler: Abuse and Incest Among The Amish
Impressed by their piety, courts have permitted the Amish to live outside the law. But in some places, the group’s ethic of forgive and forget has produced a plague of incest—and let many perpetrators go…
Leaving the Amish Life Behind
Apple Creek, Ohio, USA – (voa) – The choice between living the rustic Amish lifestyle, or joining the fast-paced, convenient modern world, has always been an option for Amish teens. Many continue to embrace the…