All was in God’s plan, and he had to accept even as he didn’t understand.

The society that embraced him continued to prosper by stressing the family unit and their close-knit community. Hers prospered by forcigng independence and self-sufficiency.

What I see here, what I feel here is that people in your world believe spirituality isn’t distant. It’s close and real. Religion seems born in the home, stays in the home. I mean, the...

There is no pressure to perform, to succeed, because we already have. If your family and community accepts you, who else must you impress? Just yourself and God, ja?

I respect traditional people – they have the eyes which see value in the tarnished. This is a gift in itself. Tradition requires a wealth of discipline in order to be adhered to, hence it...

It is easy to find religion; it is salvation most seek. After committing to a life of Christ, salvation is lost in those who stray and do not repent. Those who have not committed cannot...

After driving 30-minutes East of Seattle, I expect to see a great bowling alley. But, as we pull into the parking lot, all I see are pot holes, a horse and Amish buggy, and no...

And this,’ Ivan said to the children gathered around, ‘is who we are, and this is what we do. Our family serves the Lord–no matter what comes–and when He answers our prayers, no matter how...

A mental choice, absent a real heart change, is no choice at all. We couldn’t force ourselves to be something we were not. That just couldn’t happen. And it didn’t.

The knowing is easy. It’s the doing that gives us trouble.

The box of Amish life and culture might provide some protection, but it could never bring salvation.

Say what’s in your heart, Annie.”You’re in my heart, Samuel.

One of the greatest gifts in this world is the ability to make others smile. – The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jonathan Fisher

Thank you for reminding me that the future is in God’s hands.'” “‘You’re welcome. And remember, wherever you go, in body and mind, you simply need to call out to God and He is there

If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.

Southern hospitality and Amish cooking – Ya’ll Come Back, Danki.

The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.

Now, as a non-Amish person in the twentieth century who is not a part of the aging and thus noncoveted seventy-five-plus marketing demographic that views things like cell phones and iPads with that quaint, old-people...

Murphy’s law inverted: What can go right, will go right. (Works if you’re an optimist.)