Author Archives: Gordy Harrower

Beverly Lewis’ “The Confession” – An Amish Love Story Continues

It’s a hit!  Beverly Lewis’ “The Confession” debuted this year at the new Bird-in-Hand Restaurant Stage.  Now the show schedule has been extended through November of 2012. Beverly Lewis is a New York Times bestselling author.  This musical is based … Continue reading

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New Spin on Lawn Mowing – Amish-Style

How do you cut your lawn? Most of us use a gas power mower of some sort – usually a walk-behind version. Maybe you have a self-propelled walk-behind mower. Many also use riding lawn mowers. Generally, the Amish use the … Continue reading

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“The Shunning” Movie

Beverly Lewis’ “The Shunning” premiered on the Hallmark Channel Saturday night. What did you think?

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“Amish Grace” Movie – Forgiving the Unforgiveable

Thursday night the Lifetime Movie Network re-broadcast its new movie, “Amish Grace”, loosely based upon the 2006 Amish school shooting in Lancaster County, PA.  (See our earlier post from March 30th.) Since I am writing from Lancaster County, there were … Continue reading

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“Amish Grace” Movie on Lifetime Network

Hollywood has once again taken on story-telling within Lancaster’s Amish community.  The Lifetime Movie Network has produced the movie “Amish Grace”, which first aired over the Lifetime Network last Sunday evening to over four million viewers. The film is based … Continue reading

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Horse Drawn Sleigh Alert

It’s snow! Lancaster County is being hit by the same snow storm that’s blasting the rest of the east coast. 5-6″ so far where we are, and more on the way. This is the kind of snow that might bring … Continue reading

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Amish Barn Raising (continued)

An Amish barn north of Lancaster, PA burned to the ground on Friday, September 25th.  Construction on the new barn began almost immediately.  We showed pictures of the construction progress three days ago. Here is what the new barn looked … Continue reading

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Amish School Shooting – Third Anniversary

It was three years ago today that gunman Charles Roberts entered the Nickel Mines Amish School in rural Lancaster County.  In this tragic Amish school shooting, he shot to death five young girls and wounded others before killing himself. Some … Continue reading

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Amish Barn Raising In Lancaster County

You’ve probably heard about the Amish and their work ethic.  How hard working they are.  How they pull together as a community to help one another during times of need. There was a barn fire in Lancaster County last Friday, … Continue reading

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Amish School Shooting & Amish Forgiveness in Print

On October 2nd, 2006, Charles Roberts broke into the Nickel Mines Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, PA and killed a number of school girls.  The story of that tragic Amish school shooting made national news.  But the resulting Amish forgiveness … Continue reading

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