Items Tagged with "Ex Amish"

Hitting The Nail On The Head Or Smashing The Thumb?

I have three good friends who left the Amish several years ago. All are brothers. Just recently, I found out that one of them was killed in a tragic accident. I was very saddened, because I didn't know if he had received eternal life or not. That's not for me to judge, but I was even more saddened w Read More...

Interview of a {former Amish} Woman (Part 1 of 2)

The following article was taken from If Meadows Speak. Author and interviewer, Tammy, has graciously given us permission to repost her interview with Deborah (not her real name, for the sake of protection), a former Amish woman who shares what it was like when she and her family got excommunicated Read More...

Interview of a {former Amish} Woman (Part 2 of 2)

...ed trying to find a place to "belong" among other ex-Amish who had formed a church. They were very c...er identify with the Amish and I no longer "feel" ex-Amish.   I now identify with Christ. I a...of Tammy's writings, please go to If Meadows Speak Read More...

Emotional Healing

I met the Lord as a young Amish girl and I came out of the Amish some years later. It was a difficult thing to walk through the mine field of emotions and feelings I had during that time. Sometimes the pain and anger would explode inside of me so quickly, it was like stepping on a mine. In my early Read More...

Youth Leaving the Amish Culture

Why are there so many young people leaving their parents and the Amish culture?1. Is it because the days are evil and according to Romans 1:30 and II Timothy 3:2, it will just end that way?2. Is it because young people want to know why they are required to live differently from the rest of American Read More...

Separation From The World (Part 2)

In Separation from the World, Part I, I wrote: “One of the [main] beliefs maintained by the plain people surrounds separation from the world. In fact, while studying our rich culture, I discovered that if you look past that one belief, the average plain person isn’t [all that] different Read More...

The Value Of Building On A Rock

Matthew 7:24-27 says: Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. An Read More...

Generational Patterns and Punishment

Does the thought ever occur to you that, as a parent, you are doing more than just raising ONE generation of children and then you're done? The point I'm making is: what you do or don't do with your children will have a direct impact on the outcome of your grandchildren, great grandchildren and grea Read More...

God's Father-Heart of Love

We have five beautiful children. Our youngest is a very active, wiggly, nine-month-old little man. I would love to have some of his energy! He could do with a little less, and I with a little more - especially when I am trying to put him to sleep! We have quite the little motions we go through until Read More...

Finishing the Course - Keeping the Faith

The first time I met Dan Byler, I knew right away he and I would be friends for life. He was a man on fire for God who burned with a passion to reach the world for Christ. You see, he understood all too well what it was like to be lost and searching for true meaning in life. And he never forgot what Read More...

Mission to Amish People