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If you’ve ever watched a TV drama or picked up a popular novel featuring Amish characters, you’ve probably encountered the concept of Rumspringa—that mysterious “year off” when Amish teenagers supposedly leave home, party wildly, and decide whether to return to the community or embrace the “English” world forever. It makes for compelling storytelling. But like Read More

The kettle whistles on Anna’s gas-powered stove—not an electric one, of course. Outside her kitchen window, the eastern sky is just beginning to lighten over the Lancaster County farmland. It’s 4:15 in the morning, and another day has begun. Before Dawn: The First Chores Anna doesn’t hit a snooze button. There isn’t one. Instead, her

The Unwritten Rules That Guide Amish Life Welcome back, friends. In my last post, we traveled to 17th-century Switzerland and met Jakob Ammann, the fiery reformer whose convictions gave birth to the Amish church. We followed their journey across the Atlantic to Pennsylvania, where they finally found freedom to practice their faith. But once they

The Origins: How a 17th-Century Swiss Reformation Gave Birth to the Amish Church Welcome back, friends. Last week, we began this journey together with a simple invitation: to understand a people whose faith has shaped their every waking moment for nearly three centuries. Today, we’re stepping back in time—way back—to the rolling hills of Switzerland