Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Larson, S.
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
(Louv)
Last Supper
Law, W.
Leadership: of family; of
Gmay
See also
Bishop; Deacon; Ministers
“Learning from the Tourists,”
Lectionary, Amish: content of; of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; in
Raber’s Almanac
; sample; use of
LED lights
Leviticus 19:27
Life Application Study Bible
Life’s Special Sunbeams
Life-support systems
Light in the Shadow of Death
(Beiler)
Limits: contentment and; costs of; respect for
Litigation: participation in; refusal of
Loblied
(praise hymn)
Lord’s Prayer: children’s learning of; family recitations of; forgiveness and; at funerals; God’s will and; primacy of
Lord’s Supper.
See
Communion
Lost Creek Shoe Shop
Lots, drawing, to select ministers
Louv, R.
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,”
Lucado, M.
Luke: 15:11-32
Lust Gärtlein
See also
“Rules of a Godly Life”
Luther, M.
Lutherans
M
Machine shops
Mainstream society: Amish resistance to; applicability of Amish values to; cars in; clothing fashions in; conflict avoidance in; consumerist/materialistic; contemporary spirituality in; individualistic,
versus
Amish communalism; overload of choices in; popular culture and; speediness of; stress of
See also
Outsiders; Outsiders’ perceptions
Mark 4:25
Marriage: affection in; husbands as decision makers in; problems in; vows of; weddings and
Martyrdom
Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians
Mass media technology
See also
Computers; Television
Material possessions; evil and; humility and; lure of; the
Ordnung
on; perils of; reuse and repair of; simple living and; stewardship of
See also
Technology
Matthew
Meals: family; following Sunday service; funeral; seating order for communal; wedding
Medicaid
Medical equipment
Medical expenses, covering
Medical intervention: alternative therapies and; modern
Medicare
Meeting places, for Sunday worship services
Melismatic singing style
Members Meetings: confession in; disciplinary procedures in; restoration rites in; voting privileges in
Men: beards of; as family leaders; natural aggression of
Mennonites
Mental health counseling
Mental illness
Michaelmas
Michigan, Amish populations in
Military service, prohibition against
Miller, C. J.
Miller, E.
Miller, M. M.
Ministers: burden of; nomination of; as preachers; role of; selection and ordination of
Mission
Missouri, Amish populations in
Mobility, and
Gmay
membership
Moon phases
Motherhood
Musical instruments
Mutual aid: for bereaved families; expressions of care and; flip side of; forms of; organized plans of; and prohibition against insurance
My Utmost for His Highest
(Chambers)
N
Natural disasters, Amish relief work in
Natural remedies
Nature; almanac of; Amish views on; bond with; children and families in; death in; as God’s creation and providence; “new birth” in; recreational activities in; rural life and; use and stewardship of
Nebuchadnezzar, King
“New birth” concept
New Birth Sunday
New Order Amish
New Testament: on baptism; on dress; on gender roles; lectionary from; preference for; on shunning
See also
Bible;
individual book headings
Nickel Mines shooting
Nicodemus
Niebuhr, R.
Noise, absence of
Nonresistance; God’s providence and; silence and
Nursery rhymes
O
Obedience: of children; contentment and; costs of; disobedience and; grace and; to
Ordnung
; salvation and; scriptural study and; verbal evangelism and
Occupations: change in traditional; farming; limited options for; non-farming
Off-Sundays
Ohio, Amish settlements in
Old Order Amish
See also
Amish
Old Order Mennonites
Old Testament
See also
Bible;
individual book headings
“On Behalf of Those Who Have Fallen Away,”
“One Solitary Life,”
1001 Questions and Answers on the Christian Life
Ordination
Ordnung:
affirmation of, at Council Meeting; amending or adapting; Bible and; Bishop’s authority and; communication and teaching of; definition of; disobedience to, as sin; flexibility in interpreting; on material possessions; obedience to; regulations, guidelines, and prohibitions in; relationship of, to the Bible; variations in; violations of, procedures for handling
See also
Church discipline
Organic farming
Our Daily Bread
Our Heritage, Hope, and Faith
(Miller)
“Our Plain Folks and Their Spirituality” (Stoltzfus)
“Out in the Fields with God,”
Outhouses
Outsiders: Amish relief work to; convert; as employers; learnings for; relationships with; transferability of Amish values to
See also
Government; Mainstream society
Outsiders’ perceptions of Amish: community; contentment; disciplining of children; extended family relationships; forgiveness; gender roles; positive; response to evil and wrongdoing; salvation; serenity; shunning; sin; spirituality; teenagers’
Rumspringa
See also
Mainstream society
P
Pacifism
See also
Nonresistance; Violence
Paradox of Choice,The: Why More Is Less
(Schwartz)
Parental responsibilities: for children’s spiritual outcomes; for informal religious education; for instilling obedience
Parents: of excommunicated adult children; sacred calling of; single
Patience:
versus
activism; of children; deference to others and; importance of; justice and; “Rules of a Godly Life” on; in suffering; in Sunday services
Patriotism, putting faith above
Paul, the Apostle: on communion; on marriage; on separation from the world; on shunning; on women’s dress
Penalties, typical
Pennsylvania, Amish settlements in
Pennsylvania State Police
Perceptions, outsiders’.
See
Outsiders’ perceptions
Persecution, of Anabaptists
1 Peter 3:3-4
Pets
Photographs, taboo on
Pietism
Pilate
Plain and Simple: A Woman’s Journey to the Amish
(Bender)
Plowing
Plumbing, indoor
Pneumatic power
Poetry
Population: diversity among; growth of
Praise hymn
(Loblied)
Prayerbook.
See Christenpflicht
Prayers: books of; in childhood; during communion preparation period; in families; at funerals; private devotions and; in schools; in Sunday worship services
See also Christenpflicht
Pregnancy, out-of-wedlock
Pride: of proselytization; “Rules of a Godly Life” on; of wealth
See also
Humility
Privacy, lack of
Prodigal son, parable of
Professions.
See
Occupations
Propane gas
Protestant Reformation
Proverbs: 1:10
Providence.
See Gelassenheit;
God’s will and providence
Psalms: 8:3-4
Publicity, prohibition against
Purpose Driven Life,The
(Warren)
Q
Quilts
R
Raber’s Almanac
Radios
Readings. See Lectionary; Scripture readings; Texts
Recreation, outdoor
Refrigerators and iceboxes
Regulations. See Ordnung
Relief workers, Amish
Religious affections or desires, defined. See also Spirituality; Spirituality, Amish
Religious beliefs, defined. See also Spirituality; Spirituality, Amish
Religious practices: defined; habit-forming; importance of; variance in. See also Spirituality; Spirituality, Amish
“Reluctant Minister” vignette
Repentance: confession and; of excommunicated members
Repetition, in shaping children’s beliefs
Resistance, to mainstream values. See also Mainstream society; “Separation from the world” ethic
Restoration: repentance requirement for; rite of