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Plain Talk about the Amish: Lessons for a Community in a Crisis

December 15th, 201210:45 AM ET

By Suzanne Fisher

Yesterday's tragic school shooting in Connecticut brought up discussion of the Amish school shooting of October 2006. This is a true story about how the Amish and non-Amish Nickel Mines community supported each other during and after that experience. "The light that shines farthest, shines brightest at home." Amish Proverb The little fire stati...
Plain Talk about the Amish: Going in with the Boys

August 05th, 201203:02 PM ET

By Suzanne Fisher

God likes small people. He cannot use big ones. Amish Proverb Back in the summer of 1951, Sam Stoltzfus was eight years old. The world was big and wondrous, and there was a significant event coming up in his small boy’s world. He would soon be going in with the boys into the Amish church service. This usually happened when an Amish boy turned n...
Plain Talk about the Amish: The Comfort Quilt

July 26th, 201209:57 AM ET

By Suzanne Fisher

My heart and prayers have been with Colorado this week. I've wondered if the Comfort Quilt might be moved from Illinois to Colorado. If so, I'm praying this will be its last move. "Good deeds have echoes." Amish proverb One month after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, students from St. Hilary C...
Plain Talk about the Amish: Become Amish?

June 01st, 201206:51 PM ET

By Suzanne Fisher

"That is hitting the nail on the head." Amish proverb An Amish newspaper ran a story about the hundreds of letters they received asking how to become Amish. The article explained that most people wanted a change of pace or were feeling stressed by their hectic lifestyle. The solution, they thought, was to become Amish. The newspaper conjectured t...
Plain Talk about the Amish: Coping with Alzheimer's

January 18th, 201210:31 AM ET

By Suzanne Fisher

This is a story I wrote a few years ago about my dear dad. He passed away on January 1st, just as the sun rose on 2012. "Before we can pray 'Thy Kingdom come,' we must pray 'My kingdom go'." Amish Proverb It is a blistering hot June evening and I am stuck in a traffic jam, retrieving my dad from his latest escapade after recei...

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Amish Principles for Today's Families

Plain Talk about the Amish: Lessons for a Community in a Crisis

Plain Talk about the Amish: Going in with the Boys

Plain Talk about the Amish: The Comfort Quilt

Plain Talk about the Amish: Become Amish?

Plain Talk about the Amish: Coping with Alzheimer's