Becoming Amish : a family's search for faith, community and purpose / by Jeff Smith.
Publisher: Cedar, Michigan : Dance Hall Press, 2016Description: 247 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780997373301
- 289.73092 B 23
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | NMC Library | Stacks | BX8129 .A5 S65 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 33039001484251 |
"Bill and Tricia Moser were living in one of America's wealthiest communities when they stepped away and began a journey that eventually led to full immersion in a horse-and-buggy Amish life."--Page 4 of cover.
Meeting Bill and Tricia -- Just married -- Early years together -- A new path -- Breaking away -- The thumb years -- Inspired by Joni Mast -- The barn-raising -- A chat with Joni Mast -- Reflecting on the Amish church service -- Evolution to Amish -- The first days of Amish life -- Bill and a horse named Rex -- Tricia and the new skill set -- Doing business th Amish way -- Sunday morning at the Amish church in Marion -- Connectedness -- Martyrs Mirror -- An 8th grade education -- Grandma Moser weighs in -- The boundaries of technology -- Horse, buggy, solar array -- Caneyville and the low-tech purpose -- Technological consistency -- Pennsylvania German and the unraveling -- The wedding -- Admonishment -- The auction -- The good times -- Three Moser children reflect -- Advice from Alfred and Martha Gingerich -- Settling into a broader America.
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