Michelle wrote: I’m a fairly new reader, I found your blog after a google search on celery. I’ve always been fascinated by the way the Amish live so lately I’ve been reading everything I can get my hands on. Since I haven’t been able to find an answer, my big question is about celery. Why does it play such an important […]
Erik Wesner, of Amish America, brought up an interesting issue about Amish in Kentucky who are refusing to use the orange triangle on the backs of their buggies. Here is my opinion added to the mix:With every freedom comes a responsibility. No car drivers have use of the roads, paid for by all, without obeying the rules of the road,
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Sarah wrote: I’m not sure if you’ve talked about this topic, but I’m interested in knowing how the Amish view modern medicine. I’ve seen them in modern hospitals, and I also worked in a chiropractor’s office where many of them visited. Do they have limits on what would take them to a medical facility versus seeking “natural remedies”? What about childbirth?
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Kristina asked: What is the one thing that you would most like to convey to people, about the Amish, to those who are interested in or are praying for them?Kristina, this is rather a tough question, because there are many things I want to convey about the Amish. David made a remark to someone at a book talk today, when he
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Thank you all, for your good wishes about the book tour. It’s always a bit hard to know how many details are too many about my book promotion, because the main focus of this blog is “About Amish,” at least what I know about it having grown on in an Amish community. But your comments have inspired me to talk
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I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. ~ Maya Angelou One of my sisters, before my book came out, said that she thought I would just be in my element when I got up to talk in front of an audience. I agreed with her then, and now that I've been in
