11
P. Kline, “Gelassenheit.”
12
Elmo Stoll, “Cheap Shirts and Shallow Reasoning,”
Family Life
, January 1972, 12.
13
P. Kline, “Gelassenheit.”
14
This quotation and the one in the next paragraph are from “Simple Living: How Can We Keep It? ”
Family Life
, May 1997, 18-19.
15
1001 Questions and Answers
, 155.
16
Ben Blank,
The Scriptures Have the Answers: Inspirational Writings by Ben Blank
(Parkesburg, PA: Blank Family, 2009), 155.
Chapter 10: Nature
1
1001 Questions and Answers
, 138-139.
2
“Dordrecht Confession, Article 1,”
In Meiner Jugend
, 11.
3
[Ben Blank],
Creation to Resurrection: A History of Bible Times
(Narvon, PA: Benuel S. Blank, 2005), 11.
4
1001 Questions and Answers
, 162.
5
[B. Blank],
Creation to Resurrection
, 11.
6
David Kline, “God’s Spirit and a Theology for Living,” in
Creation and the Environment: An Anabaptist Perspective on a Sustainable World
, ed. Calvin Redekop (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000), 65.
7
1001 Questions and Answers
, 139.
8
“Out in the Fields with God,”
The Diary
, June 2008, 113.
9
David Kline, editorial in
Farming Magazine
, Summer 2009, 7.
10
David Kline and others,“Honouring Creation and Tending the Garden:Amish Views of Biodiversity,” in
Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity
, ed. Darrell Addison Posey (London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1999), 309.
11
Elsie Kline, “The Farm Home,”
Farming Magazine
, Spring 2005, 43.
12
Katie Troyer, “The Garden Path,”
Farming Magazine
, Spring 2002, 44.
13
Richard Louv,
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
, rev. ed. (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008), 117, 31.
14
David Kline, editorial in
Farming Magazine
, Spring 2007, 7.
15
Arithmetic Grade Six
(Shipshewana, IN: Study Time Publishers, 2001), 137.
16
Plain Connection
, September 2009, 1. This newsletter serves the Amish communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
17
David Kline,
Scratching the Woodchuck: Nature on an Amish Farm
(Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997), 179.
18
“The Danger of Horsepower,”
Family Life
, December 1980, 18.
19
David Kline, public lecture at Horse Progress Days exhibition, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, July 2005.
20
D. Kline, “God’s Spirit and a Theology for Living,” 61-62.
21
David Kline, editorial in
Farming Magazine
, Spring 2004, 7.
22
“Learning from the Tourists,” 14.
23
D. Kline, editorial in
Farming Magazine
, Spring 2004, 7.
24
Grass-Based Dairy Farming
(Sugarcreek, OH: privately published, 2008), v.
25
This quotation and the next are from D. Kline, “God’s Spirit and a Theology for Living,” 69, 66-67.
Chapter 11: Evil
1
“Few Amish Victims Report Crimes,”
South Bend Tribune
, February 13, 1996, A-1, A-2; “Amish Forgiving in Wake of Attempted Assaults,”
South Bend Tribune
, August 28, 1996, A-1, A-2; “Witnesses Crucial to Convicting ‘Amo-bashers,’”
South Bend Tribune
, August 28, 1996, A-2.
2
1001 Questions and Answers
, 10-11.
3
D. Beiler,
True Christianity
, 115.
4
“Dordrecht Confession of Faith, Article 14,”
In Meiner Jugend
, 47.
5
Sarah Jean Yoder,
Benjie, the In-Between Boy
(Aylmer, ON: Pathway Publishers, 1995), 72, 75.
6
Daniel L. Migliore,
Faith Seeking Understanding:An Introduction to Christian Theology
, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004), 421.
7
John A. N. Troyer, “John A. N. Troyer,” in
Beyond the Valley: Over 110 Stories of People Who Are Physically Challenged
(Monroe, IN: Hilty Home Sales, 2005), 417-419.
8
Ada E. Borkholder, “Ada E. Borkholder,” in
Beyond the Valley
, 22-23.
9
John A. Hostetler,
Amish Society
, 4th ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993), 389.
10
1001 Questions and Answers
, 160.
12
Cindy Stauffer and Janet Kelley, “A Boy’s Death, a Family’s Forgiveness,”
Lancaster (PA) New Era
, September 25, 2006, A1.
13
This quotation and two others in this section are from “The Need of Forgiving,”
Family Life
, October 1985, 10.
14
“Dordrecht Confession of Faith, Article 13,”
In Meiner Jugend
, 45, 47.
15
1001 Questions and Answers
, 146.
16
“Plea Ends Molestation Trial,”
Elkhart (IN) Truth
, March 15, 2001, A-1, A-10; “Child Molester Sentenced to a 66-Year Prison Term,”
Goshen (IN) News
, May 2, 2001, A-1, A-2.
17
D. Kraybill, ed.,
The Amish and the State
.
18
1001 Questions and Answers
, 157.
19
D. Beiler,
True Christianity
, 132.
Chapter 12: Sorrow
1
[Aaron Beiler],
Light in the Shadow of Death
(New Holland, PA: Aaron Beiler, 2008).
2
Life’s Special Sunbeams
, February 2010, 5-7.
3
Life’s Special Sunbeams
, March 2010, 6.
4
Anonymous,
Life’s Special Sunbeams
, March 2010, 2.
5
Robert A. Orsi, “‘Mildred, Is It Fun to Be a Cripple?’ The Culture of Suffering in Mid-Twentieth-Century Catholicism,”
South Atlantic Quarterly
93 (Summer 1994): 547-590.
6
[A. Beiler],
Light in the Shadow of Death
, 126.
7
Letters to the editor,
Family Life
, January 1989, 3.
8
For two accounts and reflections by Amish women on death, see Emma King,
Joys, Sorrows, and Shadows
(Lancaster, PA: Emma King, 1992) and Esther F. Smucker,
Good Night My Son: A Treasure in Heaven
(Morgantown, PA: Olde Springfield Shoppe, 1995). King reflects on the murder of her aunt, and Smucker mourns the accidental death of her son.
9
M. Miller,
Our Heritage, Hope, and Faith
, 319-348, lists the songs, prayers, and scripture readings that are appropriate for funerals.
10
Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch: Translations and Lessons
[Impartial Songbook: Translations and Lessons], 2nd ed. (East Earl, PA: Schoolaid, 1997), 171.
11
[A. Beiler],
Light in the Shadow of Death
, 110.
12
“
I Know the Plans I Have forYou,” Jeremiah 29:11, 16th Annual Sudden Death Reunion, June 20, 2009
(New Holland, PA: n.p.), 25.
13
This quotation and those in the next two paragraphs are from [A. Beiler],
Light in the Shadow of Death
, 97, 230-231, 126, 95.
14
This quotation and the one in the next paragraph are from B. Blank,
The Scriptures Have the Answers
, 172, 174.
Chapter 13: The Things That Matter
1
Sue Bender,
Plain and Simple: A Woman’s Journey to the Amish
(San Francisco: HarperOne, 1989), 145.
2
S. Bender,
Plain and Simple
, xii, 146.
3
See, for example, Louise Stoltzfus,
Traces of Wisdom: Amish Women Reflect on Life’s Simple Pleasures
(New York: Hyperion, 1998); and Joseph E. Donnermeyer, George M. Kreps, and Marty W. Kreps,
Lessons for Living: A Practical Approach to Daily Life from the Amish Community
(Sugarcreek, OH: Carlisle Press, 1999).
4
Suzanne Woods Fisher,
Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World
(Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2009).
5
S. Fisher,
Amish Peace
, 15.
6
K. Miller and others, “Health Status,” 162-171.
7
For one summary, see C. Hurst and D. McConnell,
An Amish Paradox
, 239-245.
8
The research findings reported in this paragraph and the next are from K. Miller and others, “Health Status,” 162-171.
9
“The Search for Contentment,”
Family Life
, April 1984, 13.
10
Barry Schwartz,
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
(New York: HarperCollins, 2004), 3. See also Sheena Iyengar,
The Art of Choosing
(New York: Twelve, 2010).
11
S. Fisher,
Amish Peace
, 15-16. Uncle Amos is also cited in J. Donnermeyer, G. Kreps, and M. Kreps,
Lessons for Living
, 175. For the original, see
Small Farmer’s Journal
17, no. 3 (1993): 43-44.
12
This quotation and the one in the next paragraph are from “Teach Your Children to Sing,” 18.
13
J. Stoll, “Our Instant Age,” 6.
14
“Staff Notes,”
Family Life
, November 1994, 5.
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