A tragedy has struck an Amish community in northwestern Pennsylvania as an explosion at a schoolhouse set the building on fire this morning – leaving three Amish girls badly burned. (Story updated below) The Amish school is located in the Spartansburg, Pennsylvania community, and appears to have burned to the ground. The girls were believed to have “filled a lantern with the wrong fuel”. From…
Jim Halverson sends along this week’s Amish home – and it’s quite a contrast to what we looked at last week. Where that Maine Amish home without plumbing epitomized a plain Amish way of living, this week’s solar-powered barndominium in Millersburg, Indiana showcases an Amish lifestyle strikingly different – and you could certainly say more modern. Now, these are still considered Old Order Amish –…
In today’s guest post, Timothy L. Price (who previously gave us a look at the Amish in the “middle of nowhere”) shares his account of a recent Amish conference in northern Indiana, and his main takeaways from the event. The 2nd Church Builders Conference in Shipshewana, Indiana was put on by Old Order Amish from Shipshewana, mostly, on March 20th and 21st. As to the…
A tragic Amish buggy wreck in Randolph County, Missouri happened yesterday. The victims were 20, 26 and 75 years old. The 26 year-old-man was killed, and the 20-year-old woman had to be airlifted with serious injuries. A 75-year-old woman in the buggy had only minor injuries. As reported at KTTN: A Randolph County crash involving a sport utility vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy left one…
“I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.” It’s a sentiment that resonates with a lot of us, at times stronger than at others, I suspect. That is one of the best-known lines from “This World Is Not My Home”. And Ben and Rose are back to tease another upcoming (I assume) production, with this little demo sample of the well-known hymn. This song…
News came out a little over a week ago that Ruth Miller would be committed to a psychiatric hospital following a not guilty by insanity verdict in the death of her 4-year-old son Vincen. A follow-up report at Farm and Dairy draws attention to the expert testimony provided leading up to Judge Michael Ernest’s decision to send the Amish mother to a secure mental healthcare…
You can run, but there’s a good chance they’ll catch you. Drivers in hit-and-run buggy wrecks keep finding out that hard truth. The latest (allegedly) to do so comes to us from Nicholas County, Kentucky. The crash happened this past October, with the driver’s vehicle, a Dodge Ram pickup, being found shortly after. The accident wasn’t pretty. The horse was killed, and three Amish riders…
We’ve got another new tune from Mike & Marty, this one a Dolly Parton classic – “Coat of Many Colors”. Not having any other paper at hand, Parton famously wrote the lyrics to this song down on a dry cleaning receipt while on tour in 1969. This is a favorite song of many. The coat of many colors here is not the Biblical coat given…
This Amish home in Jefferson, Maine (Lincoln County) is very traditional – no public electricity of course, but also no plumbing. But despite what sounds like a very basic setup, it is cozy and cute as a button, inside and out. One reason I call it “cute as a button” is its charming interior. This next photo, of the living room, is a preview. We’ll…
Lizzie Hershberger grew up Amish in Minnesota. She is the subject of a new documentary called Keep Quiet and Forgive, which premieres nationally on PBS’ Independent Lens on March 23. In today’s post, author Haley Straw shares how she met Lizzie, more on her story, and what she hopes to achieve. Lizzie Hershberger didn’t expect the moment to stand out. About seven years ago she…