Gloria Yoder is an Amish mom, writer and homemaker in rural Illinois. The Yoders travel primarily by horse-drawn buggy and live next to the settlement’s one-room schoolhouse. Readers can write to ...

In the calmest, commanding voice I could muster, I told the children to all gather in the basement at once. In no time, Julia had cleared the lower section of the metal shelves in the can room and ...

An Amish woman who drowned her 4-year-old son in a lake last year has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Ruth Miller waived her right to a jury trial last month, leaving her fate in the ...

Miller will return to court on March 13 as the prosecution and the defense will present their positions on her placement ...

What a beautiful but cold day it is! The sun is shining so bright. It always lifts your spirits more than on a gloomy day. We have so much to ...

Lovina Eicher shares how her Amish family gathers for butchering, celebrates new babies, and finds comfort in faith.

"Saturday my husband Joe and I spent the day helping daughter Lovina and Daniel cut up a whole beef. It went pretty fast once ...

I still remember the smell of fresh sawdust and the focused energy of the Amish crew as they renovated the first Rise’n Roll ...