Proclaimer Blog
Leaving Amish Paradise
Mrs R and I (and little Alice) watched a very moving programme on BBC last night. It's on the iPlayer for a while here. It's about two couples leaving the Amish community, essentially because they've been born again. Their conversion is obvious. Leaving behind some of the Amish baggage (which sometimes resembles medieval Catholicism) is hard, not least in the way they sometimes read the Old Testament (watch out for the mouldy house being burnt!). Nevertheless, it's moving to see people giving up everything they value in their past because they want to follow Christ, especially when the cost is high. Worth an hour of your time.