A most unusual Amishman

[JohnL]

Saw this article while I was smoking hams this week and found it really interesting. Y'all probably know all about it but maybe some of y'all missed it.
A most unusual Amishman

[Heirbyadoption]

We no longer allow Family Life & Young Companion in our home, but as a fellow Bibliophile and history lover, I have long admired Luthy's collecting and efforts in general.

[barnhart]

We no longer allow Family Life & Young Companion in our home, but as a fellow Bibliophile and history lover, I have long admired Luthy's collecting and efforts in general.

I'm very curious why not.

[JayP]

On the one hand, I hardly require Family Life as a prerequisite for salvation, but I would question the wisdom of someone that “bans” the Pathway publications from their home. Now, follow me closely. If you choose not to subscribe or read, that is your choice, and I do not think poorly of you for electing that decision. BUT if you think there something so wrong with them that they should be banned, I would say you have crossed the line and are too strict and rigid in your thinking.

[temporal1]

“A most unusual Amishman” ..

In my understanding, “Catholic, reluctantly to Anabaptist” was where it began.
i question the word, “unusual”.

2024 / Catholic to Anabaptist
https://forum.mennonet.com/viewtopic.php?t=6684

[Anthony]

I found the article to be very interesting. Im fascinated by the kinds of people who join from outsider backgrounds and make it in a CA/Amish setting. From what i see you do need to have some extra deep conviction and admiration for the culture. David Luthy exemplifies this perfectly. Im sure he really enjoyed his time in the Amish, despite his background.

[Anthony]

On the one hand, I hardly require Family Life as a prerequisite for salvation, but I would question the wisdom of someone that “bans” the Pathway publications from their home. Now, follow me closely. If you choose not to subscribe or read, that is your choice, and I do not think poorly of you for electing that decision. BUT if you think there something so wrong with them that they should be banned, I would say you have crossed the line and are too strict and rigid in your thinking.

I wouldnt call it “strict or rigid”. Maybe… ostentatious conviction

[Swiss Brah]

Only on mennonet do threads start with „while I was smoking hams“. Got to love it.

[Heirbyadoption]

Only on mennonet do threads start with „while I was smoking hams“. Got to love it.

And only on MN do we then wander off from the OP into implications about a passing comment indicating "banning" publications and being strict, rigid, and having ostentatious convictions. Never a dull moment on MN, is there? All we're missing now is a JohnH dustup with one of his usuals. And now I have a hankering for smoked ham...

Anthony, what is an "ostentatious conviction"? Never heard that particular phrase before.
Barnhart, I honestly do appreciate the heart behind the work, and we use our share of Pathway materials, but one of our concerns was that we simply weren't comfortable with the false idealism that constantly gets presented, especially to children (typical plot: child transgresses, mother or father disciplines, child is Scripturally admonished, child sweetly and tearfully repents, and Bob's your uncle and all is well)... Our family has our share of Plain and dogmatic convictions as well, but the way some of their material smacks of spiritual pride and the (frankly, not always-) subtle condemnation of nonPlain folks that gets slid in on a regular basis was/is troubling as well. I understand the culture from which the publication is being created, but we have limited time and resources for what we allow into our home and go through with our children (I have four under 15), and as such, the aforementioned materials are ones we have chosen not to continue to receive. Just a personal choice as we consider how and what influences to enter our children's sphere. Living here in PA in an area overburdened with different groups of Plain groups, how we discern and respond to some of these materials may be vastly different than someone in an area significantly more deficient of much Anabaptist or Plain influence.

[Ernie]

but one of our concerns was that we simply weren't comfortable with the false idealism that constantly gets presented, especially to children (typical plot: child transgresses, mother or father disciplines, child is Scripturally admonished, child sweetly and tearfully repents, and Bob's your uncle and all is well)...

This sounds like the sorts of things I used to hear about Rod and Staff. Has Pathway changed or has it always been this way?