"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." To an outsider, these so-called “bonnet-rippers” look placid and innocuous. Notably, no bonnets are ...

In our brave, liberated new world, more American evangelical readers are seeking freedom in the Old Order. The land of the free, it turns out, has been rough on people seeking freedom, including ...

In 1989, WGAL's Dick Hoxworth interviewed author Donald Kraybill, who had just written a new book, "The Riddle of Amish Culture." Sign up for our Newsletters Kraybill, who was a sociology professor at ...

There are settlements of Amish all around the nation but a large number live in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Amish are a group of plain people who are similar to but different than the Mennonite. The ...

An excerpt on grief, forgiveness, and the gospel from Beechdale Road: Where Mercy Is More Powerful Than Murder. On Sunday, June 21, 2020, 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, ...

In October 2006, I had planned to spend four or five days revisiting Amish country in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to photograph this unique corner of American culture. I had visited Lancaster ...

Ohio and Pennsylvania are home to 179,000 Amish, all of whom are expected to end their formal studies after the eighth grade so they can return to their families and begin full-time contributions ...