Coinciding with their debut album release today, Ben and Rose have put out a new song and video. And this one, “Farther On”, is a great choice as it sounds fantastic. Described as an “old gospel favorite”, the Amish couple deliver a great rendition. The song is calm and understated with some delicate playing. In the video, the pair sing on a beautiful Pennsylvania hillside…
This charming little place is yet another home in Fillmore County, Minnesota. The county has three separate Amish communities; the best-known and biggest is the Harmony settlement, a Swartzentruber Amish settlement. This home, with a Mabel, MN address, appears to belong to that settlement. Unlike the three previous traditional farm homes from this settlement we’ve looked at, this is a smaller place, with just two…
Good news alert – I have been getting this question for months and I’m happy to finally be able to give a positive answer: Ben and Rose plan to release a full album – this Friday! In the new promo clip at bottom, you can hear producer Conrad Fisher talking about the release, accompanied by some beautiful imagery. In the background we hear the sounds…
As expected, the Amish mother who allegedly threw her 4-year-old son into the water of a lake, “as an offering to God”, has been charged with aggravated murder. Her name has also been revealed as Ruth R. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio. Many people have already known her identity for several days, but with the charges, the name can now be officially publicly disclosed. The…
Lancaster County mother of seven Sadie Stoltzfus might fit the mold of “typical Amish mom” in many ways – but in at least one, she stands out. That’s because she has a real love of running. This has led her to do some remarkable things – including recently completing a 50-mile “UltraChallenge” race. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: When an Amish mother of seven with a…
This buggy wreck was both “unusual” and “usual”, for lack of a better word. Making it unusual is that the buggy struck was actually towing another buggy. So two buggies were hit. Making it “usual” (at least with how things have gone recently), is that it happened in Michigan, specifically Gladwin County, which has seen a number of bad buggy wrecks over the past several…
Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campell spent about 45 minutes speaking with media this afternoon, laying out what happened at Atwood Lake over the weekend in the series of events which led to the deaths of a four-year-old Amish boy and his father. They have now been identified as Vincen Miller (the boy), and Marcus J. Miller (the father), of Millersburg, Ohio. I just got done…
There is a nice write-up in Anabaptist World about the Budget newspaper’s recent 135-year anniversary (hat-tip to Al in KY), as well as the “Scribe Gathering” – regular meet-ups of the papers writers – which took place the next day. Based in Sugarcreek, Ohio, the Budget was founded way back in 1890 – and has endured as a media institution in Plain America and beyond….
Following the discovery of the body of his 4-year-old son in a recreational lake, an Amish father, previously considered missing, was also found deceased Sunday morning at the lake. Divers discovered the 45-year-old man’s body around 50 yards from the dock near where his son was found. Tuscarawas County, Ohio Sheriff Orvis L. Campbell has also revealed some additional shocking details as to how authorities…
This is a truly bizarre and disturbing story involving a family from the Holmes County, Ohio Amish community. A four-year-old Amish boy’s body was recovered from a local recreational lake Saturday – while the boy’s father remains missing. And the Amish mother has come under suspicion, after it was determined she intentionally drove a golf cart into the water Saturday morning – with several of…