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Becoming Amish : a family's search for faith, community and purpose / by Jeff Smith.

By: Publisher: Cedar, Michigan : Dance Hall Press, 2016Description: 247 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780997373301
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 289.73092 B 23
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book 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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