Here’s a first for Ben & Rose’s channel – a song sung in German. In this short clip, Ben plays guitar as Rose sings a section of the hymn “Jesu, Jesu, Brunn des Lebens” (Jesus, Jesus, Fountain of Life). Maybe they’ve performed in German before, but they don’t have any songs in the language yet on YouTube. The clip (at bottom of post) is just…
We had some good news on the Amish family in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, involved in a head-on collision earlier this week. All ten people involved were injured – one Amish adult, eight Amish children, and the car driver. Initial reports suggested a bad scene, with a three-month-old baby “trapped under the buggy”. But good news came later the following day when local sources reported that…
“Suddenly Amish” is TLC’s new “reality” show which, we are told, places six outsiders into an Amish community where each “contemplates the possibility of converting into Amish society”. The first episode premiered several days ago, and has been getting a flurry of media coverage. As I noted in my post two weeks ago (“What’s the Deal With ‘Suddenly Amish’?”), this is the fish-out-of-water formula again,…
This is a bad one. There were nine Amish people in the buggy, eight of whom were children, including a three-month-old baby. The tenth injured person is the driver of the vehicle – which struck the buggy head-on yesterday in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Details as far as the extent of injuries are scarce. Some are seriously injured, though there are no reports of fatalities at…
This Amish home lies near the wonderfully-named Summer Shade, Kentucky. There is an Amish community here in Barren County (though the place called Summer Shade technically lies in a neighboring county). These photos show us a pretty traditional Amish home, especially downstairs. Upstairs, we see signs that this is quite a musically-inclined Amish family. The description: What’s special: Amish built farmhouse, large 40 x 80…
The good news here: there were three Amish people onboard the buggy, and all three – one adult and two juveniles – are (more-or-less) okay. The accident really caught my attention for another reason (more on that below). It happened yesterday (January 12th) in Ashland County, Ohio, home to several Amish communities. Based on the photos this appears to involve people from the largest settlement…
Some sick person is exposing himself to Amish women in Pennsylvania. This has been going on for months now, apparently. The location is Indiana County, PA, home to over 4,000 Amish people living in several communities. And this isn’t the first time this has happened to the Amish in this general area (more on that below). In these latest occurrences, the suspect targets Amish females…
An 11-year-old Amish boy was killed while riding his scooter on New Year’s Eve in Lancaster County, PA, according to reports coming out over the past two days. More: Christopher Wayne Beiler, 11, of Narvon, died on Wednesday, Dec. 31, after he was struck by a motor vehicle while riding his scooter near his residence in Salisbury Township, according to Shivery Funeral Home in Christiana….
Ben and Rose are back with their first release of 2026, this one called “On Heaven’s Bright Shore”. There has apparently been more than one song with this general title/chorus. This version we are told was written by a gentleman named Roscoe Reed (not to be confused with another song by that name dating to the early 1900s). They sound great as usual, with Ben’s…
This remarkable article caught my eye this week. Sue Watson, writing for the South Reporter, recalls the cleanup efforts following a devastating tornado strike in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She looks back on the 10th anniversary of the event, which happened in December of 2015 – noting the helping hand extended by Amish and Mennonite volunteers from Pennsylvania. She shares two striking photos as well. We’ve…