In Ruth, Kate Riley layers two views of the church: on the one hand, a hidden but unquestionable authority, ‘like ...

Mel Gingerich has fielded a lot of questions in the nine years he’s been giving buggy tours around Berlin. Where do you live? Why do you wear those clothes? What kind of food do you eat? Gingerich ...

PHILADELPHIA – Braxton Mitchell has worked with the Amish for 30 years as co-director of the Amish Research Clinic in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He can say for a fact that autism exists in the community ...

A father and his 4-year-old son were found dead in an eastern Ohio lake over the weekend after their mother crashed a golf cart — carrying three other children — into the water. It’s not clear from ...

Whether triggered by pollen, pet dander or peanuts, allergies in this day and age seem nearly impossible to avoid. But one group appears virtually immune, a mystery to experts who study allergies.

HARMONY, MINN. – Eddie Swartzentruber’s childhood growing up in Minnesota’s Driftless Area was different than many of his “worldly” neighbors. There was no TV or video games — or even electricity, for ...

The Amish are a curiosity in the modern world. Whereas most people use if not rely on technology for their daily lives, the Amish keep their use of technology to a minimum and do just fine without it.

From questioning the use of technology to taking the Bible very seriously, we can learn more than quilt-making and horse-and-buggy riding from these quirky American communities. The Amish are a ...

New York’s Amish community has become an unlikely minority on the frontlines of a battle pitting Constitutional rights against potentially draconian public health laws. On March 3, the New York’s ...

We have had a few very warm springlike days. Son-in-law Mose took advantage of the weather and tapped our maple trees. He also tapped sister Emma and Jacob’s trees. They asked him to cook their maple ...

An ex-Amish reality TV star may have left the community behind, but that doesn’t mean he’s giving up his home remedies. Milo, who was born and raised Amish and appeared in the most reason season of ...

A Nov. 28 Threads post (direct link, archive link) makes sweeping claims about the health of Amish people compared to other Americans. “Amish people have a longer life expectancy than regular people ...