Posts Tagged ‘Amish bishop’
The Gift of Learning
I mentioned in my last post that I volunteer for the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund. Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting with the team to review the inspiring applications we have received this year. I then posted on the ADSF blog, and I am publishing it here as well. The ADSF team met to…
Read MoreAbuse Among the Amish: And what about the Innocent Victims?
Ever since I exposed the sexual abuse I endured as a child by publishing my book, Why I Left the Amish, I have been asked repeatedly, “how prevalent is abuse among the Amish?” I’ve always answered that there is no way to know. One would have to be a fly on the wall in every…
Read MoreIs Sam Mullet Outside both the Law and Age-Old Amish Traditions?
Sam Mullet, leader of the Amish in Bergholz, Ohio, is hoping to gain his freedom tomorrow, Monday, March 2, when a federal judge will re-sentence 16 defendants following an appeals court's decision to overturn their hate-crime convictions last August in the case that involved attacks on other Amish. The victims asked for help because their…
Read MorePerceptions of the Amish
From where I’m sitting, it seems to me that the perceptions of the Amish are changing for those who look in from the outside. For years it used to be that people would say “Amish!” with stars in their eyes, and they would think an Amish life is idyllic, pastoral, and “simple.” In short, the…
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