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Flawed as the conservative Mennonite community may be, the finances, emotions, and time invested in trying to help newcomers and their families assimilate into the community stands as a testament to a desire that the new community members will share in the cultural capital of the community. I'm not...

Ernie, I'm not ready to say it's good or bad but I am pointing out it's not "staying the same" from a philosophical viewpoint and that shift likely has repercussions that should be considered as well. Yes, I will be quick to say that there are some really negative repercussions. However, ...

Ernie, I'm not ready to say it's good or bad but I am pointing out it's not "staying the same" from a philosophical viewpoint and that shift likely has repercussions that should be considered as well. Yes, I will be quick to say that there are some really negative repercussions. However, ...

Plain News Ohio man driving while distracted with phone sentenced to prison after fatal accident A young Anabaptist man from Ohio was recently indicted in the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court of aggravated vehicular homicide, a third-degree felony, and vehicular assault, a fourth-degree felony. ...

Ernie, I'm not ready to say it's good or bad but I am pointing out it's not "staying the same" from a philosophical viewpoint and that shift likely has repercussions that should be considered as well. Yes, I will be quick to say that there are some really negative repercussions. However, ...

I don't care for the idea of legislating uniforms if it means those that don't wear the uniform are not given the kiss of fellowship or permitted to be in community, that is communion, with the saints. I am certainly in agreement with this. But I think that where this happens, there is some bad the...

Similarly there is a difference between wearing suitable clothing commonly available in your era and freezing the standard to preserve that style in perpetuity. I take it that you do not think this is a good idea. Do you feel the same way about monasteries and nunneries that do this very thing? And...

If you bought a middle of the road new appliance 5 years ago, and have had no problems with it, would you get a service agreement for the next three years for $80 per year. In particular, I am wondering about a dishwasher, but I have the same question about other appliances.

Vanishingly few people are in the churches their grandparents or great grandparents are in. That applies to basically every plain ordnung out there including Eastern, Pilgrim, Groffdale, Weaverland, etc...none of which existed 140 or so years ago... I don't know what you are seeing that I am not......

Not really, no, because I don't think there is any value in holding up my own family as somehow being holier or more spiritual than the rest of my brethren, nor that thinking my light shines a bit brighter than theirs does. If there is a problem, I would try to address it church or school wide, and...