Comments on: “Aaron Miller” on the beard, cell phone, and Ordnung

By: OldKat

OldKat — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:46:33 +0000

I wonder how a local Ordnung would be developed in a start up community when people are coming fron differing home comunities, with differing Ordnung(s)? Is there a core set of principles or practices that would be universal to all Old Order or all New Order communities and they build from there? Or do they have to sit down and start from scratch? Just curious.

By: Alice Mary

Alice Mary — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:22:42 +0000

That’s the best description (or, at least the most understandable to this “English” woman) of the Ordnung I’ve come across, and it definitely did strike me as a good “model” for a way of life. It’s just a little long to stitch into a sampler to hang on my wall, however, though it would be a good one to display!

Alice Mary

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By: Erik/Amish America

Erik/Amish America — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:07:21 +0000

More coming soon!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:41:20 +0000

Is there anything else from the letter you can post? That was very interesting.

By: sadie

sadie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:36:16 +0000

fabulous definition of ordnung!

By: magdalena

magdalena — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:52:31 +0000

Funy about the mustache/beard controversy. My husband usually wears a beard, and wore a mustache with it for years. Later, he got rid of the mustache.Now, he has removed the beard as well, after this dry winter weather made the facial hair intolerable. We, though Plain, don’t have to follow on ordnung, but he was more comfortable with the “brethren” beard than the “hippie” one. The brethren beard has become something of a fad with the young men we know, although most of them are unmarried!

That is an excellent definition of ordnung. Ordnung is a practical system of order for a practical people. How I wish the Anglican church was as open to amending their canons!