Stuarts Draft, Virginia – I was baptized at the above Stuarts Draft, Va., Amish meetinghouse on a warm Sunday morning in June, 1954 — 60 years ago. At just under 15, I was the youngest… 

An Amish buggy, it’s not exactly 80 tons of monstrous truck. A grocery store job frying doughnuts and decorating cakes, it’s not exactly hauling twin beds of freight 10 hours in the dark, wee hours… 

St. Joseph, Missouri – Graduating from a public high school is a part of life for many, but for those in the Amish community their educational journey can be a little different. “I had an… 

In the summer of 1963, David Wagler and Joseph Stoll, two Amish farmers, were threshing oats in a field close to Aylmer, Ont. They reflected on the need for more literature that spoke to the… 

“As I got older, I realized that Amish life was not for me…(I) realized there was more out there, and I wanted to leave,” said Emma Gingerich. This was just the beginning of her journey… 

Spring is in the air and with spring comes thoughts of graduation and heading off to college. But that seemingly simple act of growing up means more to Emma Gingerich than most. At 18, Gingerich… 

My parents were born Amish, and both come from typically large families — each with seven siblings. My grandparents on both sides left the most orthodox group when my parents were young, but they stayed… 

A couple with Mennonite beliefs has filed a countersuit against the Iowa Civil Rights Commission after a complaint was filed against them for refusing to host a same-sex marriage at their wedding venue. Dick and… 

Dear Readers, Last week, I received this message from a young woman who read The Outcast . She had grown up in the Amish church but left under the protection of her family when she… 

Sarah Borntreger didn’t have a traditional education. Growing up as one of more than 20 children in an Amish home, Borntreger said she attended first through eighth grade in a one-room schoolhouse. At age 18,…