In this video I take a look at adoption and fostering among the Amish, considering two different situations when the Amish do adopt children. Do Amish serve as foster parents? What about international adoption? What are some special challenges for Amish parents and adoptive children? Runtime: 3:55.
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How to move a barn from point A to B with little more than bodies and hands? A gathering of Amish people recently showed how in the Geauga County community. The report is that “over 250 Amish men and others were there to to help move a pole barn from one side of a farm to the other.” If you look at the video I…
Reader “The other Erik” recently asked concerning the Linda Stoltzfoos case: How focused on this are Amish people? I’ve noticed a lot of recent articles on this website about this topic. That made me wonder: Are the local Amish, and those in more distant settlements, paying a lot of attention to this crime? What are their thoughts? As it happens, Lancaster Online has just published…
Amish researcher and writer Donald Kraybill will be retiring from his position at Elizabethtown College as senior fellow at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. This semester will be his last one teaching at the college. I wanted to share a few thoughts, including on how I first met Don. I also asked Don a few questions about his plans now, challenges of his work,…
Along with hospitals, where else do Amish mothers give birth? In this video I discuss three options for childbirth popular among Amish families. If you’d like to read a post this video is based on, you’ll find that here. Runtime: 3:34. 
I am working on a large Holmes County Amish post for later this week. Â In the meantime a few preview photos and some recent news stories featuring Amish. Holmes & Geauga Holmes County as you probably know is the largest Amish community in Ohio, and along with Lancaster one of the two largest in America. It’s interesting but not surprising that the Geauga County community…