Here's an Amish news round-up as we head into the week of November 10.
NEW STORE IN VIRGINIA:  Looks like a typical Amish "country store" , but the article does also shed a little bit of light on the small, but growing, Amish presence in southern Virginia, a state that has seen slow Amish growth over the years.  Click here to read about it. Interesting in the photo the unbearded Amish male.  Either he's a really young owner or the reporter is wrong and he's Mennonite.
MY AMISH HOME: Â Check in with Amish writer Millie Otto from the Arthur, Illinois settlement. Â Read about her "brain fog-up" and get a recipe for caramel apple pie.
COLLECTIONS: Â Sheesh, when most of us think of "collections" we think of a dreaded debt-related issue. Â Among the Amish "collections" can refer to picking up after your horse. Â This apparently is a flash-point issue right now in Russellville, Kentucky. Â Read more here.
GAY MARRIAGE:Â This is an issue that is deeply dividing the Mennonite church now. Â And a Mennonite pastor in Lancaster County recently was stripped of his credentials for officiating a gay wedding. Â This type of conflict has been happening in the church for the past several years and I've generally steered clear of the topic, but something about this story is different: the pastor was/is 96-years-old! Â I guess when you are 96 you can take a stand and not really care what anyone else thinks. Â There is a liberation that comes with getting older. Â Read more here.
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