Temperatures are dropping and that can mean only one thing: the return of the "Amish Miracle Heater".  The device got worked-over pretty well in the press last season, but regardless (or perhaps in part due to all the attention), the sales campaign of...

Three points I wanted to discuss on the Missouri Amish abuse case.  I confess my previous post on the issue was a bit hastily and not too terribly well written.  I also wish I were more of an expert on the Amish approach to two kingdoms doctrine as it...

This is a disheartening story which I've meant to address, about child abuse in one Amish community.  Four bishops in a Missouri Amish community have been charged with failing to report sexual abuse inflicted by an adult member of the community upon...

The Amish settlement at Kokomo, Indiana, founded 1848, is the third-oldest in Indiana.  Yet despite having been in existence for over 160 years, Kokomo remains a tiny settlement of just 2 church districts.  Meanwhile, other settlements founded in the...

Amish do not participate in Halloween, and many are not too keen on Daylight Savings Time either.  When attending church in Lancaster in the summer for example, Amish may refer to the 8 o'clock 'slow time' church start time, in other words, 9 am on...