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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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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
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
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
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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Tagged Amish Books, Amish School Shooting
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Seifert Column: Listen to this Amish Lesson
The following blog comments were by Ken Seifert from Andover, MA (http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_176123626.html?keyword=secondarystory): “Since 1990 I have been very fortunate to have become good friends with an Amish family near Kinzers, PA. [Kinzers is about 10 miles east of Lancaster city.] … Continue reading