I’m calling them “Amish puppies” in the title as shorthand. But you know what I mean here. Amish-owned puppies. Five of them have gone missing from a Lancaster County farm. This report is from WHTM: LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a suspect who stole five Labradoodle puppies from an Amish farm in Lancaster County. According to State Police, on Tuesday,…
Last month we learned how the Amish were helping rebuild in the wonderfully-named town of Bat Cave, NC. Today it’s a report on how Amish have been helping with Hurricane Helene relief efforts in a nearby town. And we even have some on-camera comments from some of the Amish young people involved. Chimney Rock is a name I was familiar with growing up, as a…
Two weeks have gone by, and it’s time for another Ben & Rose song. They seem to be putting them out at a bit faster pace now – and I’ve got no complaints here 🙂 This time around – something a bit different. While they’ve mostly done Country tunes, this time around it’s a Gospel genre song – “just in time for Easter.” Checking around,…
This is a timely and helpful follow-up to the story of Amish parents forgiving the teenage driver in the accident which killed their three young children. People often wonder – how can the Amish forgive so quickly? Well, it’s maybe not so simple. The Young Center’s Steven Nolt – co-author of the book Amish Grace, on the Amish forgiveness response in the aftermath of the…
There’s an important update to the tragic story of three Amish siblings killed in a crash in northern Indiana. It turns out the driver of the vehicle was a 17-year-old girl named Sienna O’Connor. There’s always a lot of speculation when these accidents happen. Was the person speeding? Were they texting? Were drugs or alcohol involved? According to a statement made on Facebook by the…
Here we have a neat Amish home in west-central Pennsylvania (Luthersburg). There are some really nice photos here – and interesting features to check out in this large-family home. I’m calling this home “plainly” beautiful because it provides a striking visual contrast. As you’ll see below, it has an almost fancy-looking, beautiful space downstairs – and very plain upstairs rooms. This is part of a…
Cookies and pies might get all the glory – but dessert bars are an underrated favorite on the Amish sweets-and-goodies menu. The Amish make them for their families – a handy treat to have on hand in the pantry. They’re also made and served in some Amish churches – as part of the after-church fellowship meal. This list of 14 Amish-style dessert bars draws on…
The color blue figures largely into the design patterns found in many Amish communities. Certain groups of Amish are known for their use of their color – often sky blue and variants of it. For example, the Amish of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania are known for their tradition of painting their front (and other) doors a shade of light blue – providing a delightful splash of…
Corn might be the quintessential Amish crop. Fields of green tasseled stalks are ubiquitous when driving past farms in the many corners of the country where Amish live. Of course, that corn is the kind destined for livestock, and not what we mean here. We need to look closer, at the large gardens standard to just about every Amish home, to see robust crops of…
Last year we learned of a Michigan man who’d made repeated threats of violence against Amish people (“Michigan Man (Finally?) Arrested After Amish Knife Threats“). This struck me as a rather bizarre story at the time. So I’m glad we have now gotten a follow-up – filling in more details on why this man apparently behaved the way he did. Threats had been ongoing against…