- Yea, what if the Amish ran the war on terror? Warning: he’s going to take 40 minutes to tell you.
- This is what you get when you invite Christian rock musicians into our Mennonite churches.
- MCC service might possibly have the side effect of creating doubt about the intentions of our government in other countries. Shocking, I know.
- Mennonite colleges better pacifists than Brethren colleges. Score for us!
- Actually, I think there are Amish in Wisconsin. And apparently in Colorado too.
- Barnraising a mine rescue visitors center
- Atheist impressed by the Amish; she must not have any throwing shit into her backyard
- Sigh. It’s called fiction, people. It’s not real. So don’t go thinking it is.
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Your last item made me laugh. Did you ever read the romance novel that came out in the 80’s about a woman who got a job teaching at Goshen College and fell in love with an Amish man? The GC library has a signed copy from the author writing under a nom de plume. My mom read it and said, “This book is so unrealistic. The main character could have never gotten a job the easily at Goshen College.” The title escapes me, but if I ever find it, I’ll let you know.
P.S. That is to say, “that easily…”
Oh definitely do that! It’s always good to read those books and just laugh.
I remember when the peace majors at Manchester College(Brethren) effectively protested the security guards being equiooed with those three foot long ‘Mag’flashlights. They claimed that they were clubs in disguise. A number of the staff took to referring to the ‘Killer Mag Lights’ but the students stuck to their pacifist principals and won. I think having security guards implies the willingness to use force, even if it is unarmed force. And refusing to have armed(with whatever) guards but being willing to call the local constabulary, well, it may not be hypocrisy but it sure is treading a fine line, aint it?
OOPS, that’s ‘equipped’.