Comment on Osiah Horst on Old Order Mennonites by Saloma Furlong.
LOVE the ending comment, about Mennonites and Harrison Ford not being connected. He’s right… there are some benefits to being “the quiet in the land.” The fact that the Amish so fascinate people in mainstream America, while the Mennonites are largely overlooked, has long been something I’ve wondered about. I wrote several posts on my blog. Here are links to those posts:
http://aboutamish.blogspot.com/2010/12/english-riddle.html
http://aboutamish.blogspot.com/2011/01/thoughts-about-english-riddle.html
http://aboutamish.blogspot.com/2011/01/mennonite-perspective.html
I would love to have my name entered into the mix, though the odds are pretty low, and I’ve never won a thing in my life. I suppose there is a first for everything… smile.
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