What would it be like to share all your possessions and live in Christian community? In Hutterite Diaries, Linda Maendel offers a rare glimpse into the daily routines and communal faith of her people, the Hutterian Brethren. From stories of working together to bring in the fall potato harvest to laugh-out-loud tales of sisterly love laced with revenge, Maendel invites readers into her Bruderhof, or colony, nestled on the prairie of western Canada.

Here children and adults work, eat, and worship together, play, crafting a community of goods and living out an alternative to the individualism and consumerism of mainstream society. Because few outsiders know anything about the Hutterites, a Plain Christian group related to the Amish and Mennonites, this book offer a rare-glimpse into Hutterite life.

Plainspoken series real-life stories of amish and mennonites includes:book 1 chasing the amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor by Loren BeachyBook 2 Called to Be Amish: My Journey from Head Majorette to the Old Order by Marlene MillerBook 3 Hutterite Diaries: Wisdom from My Prairie Community by Linda Maendel.

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Anything but Simple: My Life as a Mennonite Plainspoken

Each book includes “a day in the life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish and Mennonites. Hear straight from amish and mennonite people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. But she uses a cellphone and posts status updates on Facebook, too.

Like her grandmother, Lucinda J. Anything but simple is the riveting memoir of a young woman’s rich church tradition, lively family life, and longings for a meaningful future within her Mennonite faith. Miller wears long dresses and a prayer covering. With a roving curiosity and a sometimes saucy tongue, Miller ushers us into her busy life as a young schoolteacher.

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Chasing the Amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor Plainspoken: Real-Life Stories of Amish and Mennonites

Hear straight from amish people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Life in author loren beachy’s amish community brims with old-fashioned box socials, smart-alecky students, and pranks involving pink duct tape and black pepper.

With the witty warmth of small-town storytellers like Garrison Keillor and Jan Karon, Beachy invites readers into his life as a creative, wise, and wisecracking Old Order Amish schoolteacher and auctioneer. Cheer for beachy and his cousins in cut-throat baseball games, and join community members as they surround and support a family in their loss.

Each plainspoken book includes “a day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish. Meet the young women who manage to be late for church twice in one day and the man who plans to fight drowsiness by jogging beside his horse and buggy.

I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage

They left a hutterite colony in Canada with seven children, and little else, to start a new life. Overnight, the family was thrust into a society they did not understand and which knew little of their unique culture. In 1969, ann-marie’s parents did the unthinkable. Overnight, the family was thrust into a society they did not understand and which knew little of their unique culture.

They left a hutterite colony in Canada with seven children, and little else, to start a new life. The transition was overwhelming. Desperate to be accepted, ten-year-old Ann-Marie was forced to deny her heritage in order to fit in with her peers. Winner of the 2007 Saskatchewan Book Award for Non-fiction.

Your mother and father are running away, " said a voice piercing the warm air. I froze and turned toward home. To a hutterite, running away, nothing is more shameful than that word, Weglaufen. In 1969, ann-marie’s parents did the unthinkable. I am hutterite chronicles her quest to reinvent herself as she comes to terms with the painful circumstances that led her family to leave community life.

Simple Pleasures: Stories from My Life as an Amish Mother Plainspoken, Book Four Plainspoken: Real-life stories of Amish and Mennonites

But through her busy days, jantzi finds strength in simple pleasures of family, fellowship with her Amish community, and quiet time with God. Hear straight from amish people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Young amish homemaker Marianne Jantzi invites readers into her family s life and Amish community.

Never sugarcoating the frustrations of motherhood, Jantzi tells it like it is, broken washing machine and bickering children and all. Each book includes a day in the Life of the Author and the author s answers to FAQs about the Amish. Sewing, and helping to manage the family store take up most hours in her day, but Jantzi finds time to pen columns for the Connection, cooking, gardening, cleaning, a magazine beloved by Amish and Mennonite readers.

. The mother of four young children, Jantzi writes about her daily routines and heartfelt faith with equal measures of wit and warmth.

My Hutterite Life

Originally appearing in the great falls tribune, holidays and celebrations, beliefs, colony organization, Lisa’s "On the Colony" columns cordially and tenderly shared details about the Hutterites’ style of dress, and day-to-day life. Her first-person-style articles have been collected, organized, and bound for the first time in this special book.

Beautiful black and white photographs by Michael Crummett complement the text. Used book in Good Condition. Lisa marie stahl, provides a rare public glimpse into the lives of the Hutterites, Northwest, a young Hutterite woman who grew up at the Gildford Colony near Havre, a communal religious group with colonies in the upper Midwest, Montana, and Canada.

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Called to Be Amish: My Journey from Head Majorette to the Old Order Plainspoken

Marlene C. Against the wishes of both sets of parents, Marlene and Johnny get married and begin a family. But nearly fifty years later, Marlene is still living out God's call as an Old Order Amish woman. Miller is one of them. Turning amish has proven to be anything but plain and simple for this former majorette.

In this rare memoir, marlene recounts her unhappy and abusive childhood, and how she falls in love with Johnny, how she throws herself into cheerleading and marching band, the gentle young Amish man who helps her lace her ice skates. Learn how she endures the strain of ten children, a hundred-acre farm, and accidents and tragedy, and find out how she comes close to walking away from it all.

Accompany her as she dons an Amish dress and prayer covering and gets baptized. Follow the author on this unusual journey to find out how God s love called her out of bitterness and depression and into the warm embrace of her new Amish community. Fewer than one hundred people have joined the Old Order Amish and stayed since 1950

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Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen: Unveiling The Rituals Traditions And Food Of The Hutterite Cultu

Secrets of a hutterite kitchen is a candid snapshot of present-day Hutterite life, unraveling the inner workings of this closed society and unveiling the rituals, traditions, and food of her culture through the lens of the community kitchen. She traveled from colony to colony for more than two years, plucking ducks, baking, working with the women in their kitchens: cooking, and gossiping.

Through it all, she rediscovers what she has always known—that it is the Hutterite women who are the soul of their community. Used book in Good Condition. Kirkby witnesses the rites of passage from cradle to grave: births, sacred holidays, marriage ceremonies, romantic entanglements, and other celebrations.

Drawing back the curtains on this mysterious and extraordinary way of life, Kirkby enchanted the public with a vivid portrait of her people, rich in detail and memorable characters. Could you go back? was the enduring request from her readers, hungry for more. The highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning national bestseller, Kirkby took her readers on a fascinating journey inside a Hutterite colony in Manitoba, I Am Hutterite In I Am Hutterite, where she grew up.

Now in secrets of a hutterite kitchen, Kirkby returns to her roots and into the heart of the community and the life she was born into. Known as canada’s forgotten people, Hutterites live in higher numbers in Canada than anywhere else in the world. Kirkby reveals intimate details of the community and experiences what her life would have been like if her family hadn’t left the colony when she was a young girl.

Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape

Disagreeing with the beliefs of Amish traditions and upbringing, the pressure became too much for her to bear. This true story is a rare glimpse into the life of a brave young woman - Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape. Her memoir runaway amish Girl: The Great Escape captivates even the timid reader. She had no idea the emotional turmoil she would inflict on her family and friends.

. Education becomes her priority as she finds her place in this "English" world. Used book in Good Condition. Forced to make a personal decision, Emma found the courage to leave the only life she had ever known. Growing up amish and leaving the fold, Missouri, Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, at the age of eighteen.

Considered no longer a daughter and a sister, temporarily exiled, Emma finds a way to be free.

My Life as An Amish Wife: A Diary Plain Living

I sewed three blouses before noontime. As an amish wife and mother of six, Lena Yoder has plenty of ways to fill her time. I helped with the afternoon milking, made two pizzas, baked two different kinds of cakes, and got everybody ready to take supper to school for the teachers. But amid the endless tasks to complete and challenges to overcome, Lena's simple joy and deep faith are ever present in these brief, first-person accounts.

I am thoroughly enjoying these days at home. Our family is filled with love. I could never list everything I am thankful for. These unassuming glimpses of amish life will touch your heart and inspire you to seek the simple things—a loving family, a good day's work, and a grateful heart. After three hours of chores, breakfast, and getting mail ready, phone calls, it was 9:30 by the time I got to sewing.

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Gathering of Sisters: A Year With My Old Order Mennonite Family

Hear straight from amish and mennonite people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Once a week darla weaver bundles her children into the buggy, hitches up her spirited mare, and drives six miles to the farm where she grew up.

In gathering of sisters, weaver writes about her horse-and-buggy Mennonite family and the weekly women s gatherings that keep them connected. In the winter, everyone stays close to the woodstove, with puzzles and games and crocheting. Each book includes a day in the Life of the Author and the author s answers to FAQs about the Amish and Mennonites.

On warm days, the children play and fish and build houses of hay in the barn. Used book in Good Condition. No matter the weather, the tuesday get-togethers of this Old Order Mennonite family keep them grounded and centered in their love for God and for each other, even when raising an occasional loving but knowing eyebrow at each other.

Spend a day with sisters. But tuesdays is about being sisters, daughters, and mothers. The rest of the week is full of laundry, and errands, and work that never ends. There she gathers with her four sisters and their children for a day with their mother.