By Kevin Williams We have a fun assortment of Amish-themed stores in the news today, so let’s dive in: FORE! – I don’t often link to stories in Golf Digest for this site but a course in Wisconsin has a symbiotic relationship with a local Amish community for re-purposing the course’s grass. Click here to […] Read more
By Kevin Williams BEWARE OF BUGGIES: The Oneida County, New York is urging people int he county to…hmmm, is it “beware of buggies” or “be aware of buggies?” Probably both are grammatically correct, but it’s an interesting question. Anyway, with the county’s increasing Amish population, the local sheriff’s office is handing out reflective tape to […] Read more
By Kevin Williams PURE: There is a mini-series debuting on the Canadian Broadcast Corp (CBC) this week (it airs Mondays at 9 p.m.) called Pure. The show explores the seamy connections between drugs, Mexican Mennonites, and Mennonites in Canada. The show hints of dark forces pulling at the Mennonites in the bucolic Ontario countryside. If […] Read more
By Kevin Williams This is our weekly whirl through the news to see what, if anything, Plain is percolating. So, without further delay, let’s explore! There is some true artistic talent among the Amish. I’ve known Amish artists, poets, writers of varying talent levels. Some are truly exquisite with their work. The tiny newspaper in […] Read more
By Kevin Williams A mix of stories in this week’s Amish in the News, let’s get right to it: VEGETABLE BANDITS: Some thieves in Lancaster County, PA are really violating trust and the honor system code that most Amish produce stands operate under. Usually, if no one is manning the stand, you just buy your […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Lots of Amish and Mennonite stuff in the news this past week, so let’s get right into it! SOUTH AMERICAN AMISH: Other than an attempt at establishing a community in Honduras in the 1960s the Amish have stayed north of the border. Until now. In a fascinating bit of cross-church cooperation, some […] Read more
By Kevin Williams We have a grab bag of stories in the news today, so let’s get right to them! AMISH CONFERENCE: Every three years the Young Center for Anabaptist Studies convenes a conference of speakers and academics to sort through and interpret changes coursing through Amish society. One of these days I’ll make […] Read more
