Call it life in the slow lane. In Shipshewana, 19th Century rural Indiana thrives. In this village of fewer than 700, men with long beards and black hats and women wearing bonnets drive horses and ...
Donald Kraybill joined LNP | LancasterOnline on Tuesday for a discussion about the Amish community in Lancaster County. He answered numerous questions submitted through We the People, a reader-powered ...
When I was growing up, there was an Amish community in Conewango. There was a cheese plant there to which Amish farmers could sell their milk. Since the Amish did not use electricity for cooling milk, ...
Two years have passed since I wrote my first column. Taking over for my Dear Mother was the hardest thing I ever had to do. God has been a tremendous help and so have you readers with your ...
In Centre County, the villages of Madisonburg and Rebersburg are part of what is known as the “Old Order” of the Amish settlement in central Pennsylvania. Centre Daily Times, file On a typical spring ...
Coauthored with Jeanette Harder, Ph.D. Understanding Amish values and customs helps us support families and communities to keep their children safe. In this piece, we provide background on various ...
Jantzi, an Old Order Amish mother, shares stories of her daily life in this collection of columns previously published in the Amish magazine The Connection. The very short pieces reflect on her ...
A former Amish man got fed up with the way Amish were being portrayed in print and wrote his own book. It was 1940 and "Rosanna of the Amish" was headed for long-lasting success. Herald Press has just ...
Because of blizzard conditions in the Midwest, mail could not get through, and as best we can figure the column’s delivery was delayed. So, as editor, I’m just going to throw everything Eicher and ...