You might remember my review of the Connection Amish magazine from earlier in the year, in which I described it as “one of my favorites” and “pretty packed with information and material”. While in Topeka, Indiana this summer I was heading down main street and glanced over at a pleasant-looking but otherwise non-descript little building on the south side of the avenue. Â Looking closer, what…
Adair Faust (Ethridge Amish photos) shares one more photo along with an Amish Gingerich anecdote: I stopped at a roadside stand at the Gingerich house on MacDowell Road (I mention the road because there are zillions of Gingerich mailboxes all over the area – see below). Mrs. Gingerich, a wonderfully cheerful, energetic, and friendly lady, came out and we chatted while I bought bread and…
How about another edition of “Name that Amish community“. Can you tell where these 3 photos were taken? (UPDATE note: each is from a different settlement) Photo 1: Photo 2: Photo 3:
I went trick-or-treating as a kid, as did pretty much all my friends. Â It was seen as a harmless chance to dress up as your favorite superhero or ghost or whatever, and bring home a huge haul of sweets. Â I rememember how my brother and I would come home at the end of the evening and dump out kilos of candy on the family…
Do you know where these 3 photos were taken? (UPDATE: see “Clues” in the comments section) Photo 1: Photo 2: Photo 3:
Over the weekend the school age sons of a friend and I took scooters and a pony cart down to the local schoolhouse to work off some energy following a picnic. And in a flash of inspiration pony cart baseball was born. Pony Cart Baseball: Ingredients *One pony,with cart (A miniature horse should work too) *Any sort of rubber ball you can catch with your…
Yesterday I attended an Amish church service in a friend’s district. Â I only really fell asleep one time, during the ten-minute kneeling prayer near the very end. But I had at least roused myself by the time everyone stood up. Â I clambered to my feet, but nearly keeled over sideways as I tried to shake the sleep out of my head. I can only imagine…
For a nice account of yesterday’s Forgiveness Conference at Elizabethtown College, try this Lancaster Online article. Highlights included a very good talk and discussion from Duke Divinity school professor L. Gregory Jones (“Forgive and forget” is not exactly helpful advice), a personal account from Charles Roberts’ mother Terri (whose first reaction on hearing of the shootings was fear her son might have tried to intervene…
Boy was I wiped out yesterday. I’m not sure if it was a stomach bug or something I ate (I did spend the morning munching on raw mint sprigs while composting a friend’s berry garden) but whatever it was put a hurting on me. Seeing my pain, my Amish hosts whipped up a couple of home remedies. After trying the first with no discernible effect,…
First of all let me say how odd it was to write that post title. Is this like asking who’s your favorite doo-wop band, or which soda fountain in town has the fizziest drinks? Do people even play board games anymore? Well, Amish do. Last night we got in a red-eyed round of Settlers of Catan,a hit game in Lancaster County and elsewhere. Other friends…