tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post8793055063461822404..comments2024-03-03T22:03:05.210-05:00Comments on A Joyful Chaos: Answering Questions ~ Part OneA Joyful Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-15245886962198938512011-04-20T07:57:13.757-04:002011-04-20T07:57:13.757-04:00Shunning is nothing new in Catholicism, my cousin ...Shunning is nothing new in Catholicism, my cousin married outside the “faith” and we were told to have nothing to do with him. Most of the cousins stuck together and we continued to see him without permission because we never asked. The sad part was that my cousin was not allowed at his father’s funeral and most of us thought that was just plain wrong. In Catholicism, shunning is about causing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-27191984787596097792011-04-19T09:37:02.782-04:002011-04-19T09:37:02.782-04:00If you are still answering questions would you min...If you are still answering questions would you mind telling me if/ or what you find foolish or frivilous about the way people live? I'm not asking you to get in trouble I was was just curious. By "people" I mean non- AmishTrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173666963457991207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-73023364133240499932011-04-19T07:09:55.673-04:002011-04-19T07:09:55.673-04:00Ah! Forgiveness but no reconciliation. So very sad...Ah! Forgiveness but no reconciliation. So very sad. I feel for you, Mary Ann, and your brothers.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122656833028913453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-85970714832714563172011-04-19T03:29:49.385-04:002011-04-19T03:29:49.385-04:00I enjoyed reading your answers and the answer abou...I enjoyed reading your answers and the answer about forgiveness is so true. Not easy sometimes but when you do it makes life easier.Carinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737252069272075883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-15109897260203339982011-04-18T21:32:50.459-04:002011-04-18T21:32:50.459-04:00I enjoy reading your blog and appreciate your open...I enjoy reading your blog and appreciate your openness. I can relate to a lot of it, having been shunned myself, though from a different group. I was also part of a Old Order Mennonite community for awhile too, but was not permitted to join.<br />Anyway, just wanted let you know you touch others.<br /><br />I have awarded you the Kreativ Blogger Award.Mama Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057492034145042467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-25887001597580255132011-04-18T18:10:45.946-04:002011-04-18T18:10:45.946-04:00I have really enjoyed reading your blog. Keep up ...I have really enjoyed reading your blog. Keep up the great work! :)Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972226941251398914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-52157438374860683692011-04-18T16:45:14.875-04:002011-04-18T16:45:14.875-04:00As somebody above mentioned, I am also wondering w...As somebody above mentioned, I am also wondering what made you decide to leave in the end, did you inform people of your plans, did you just up and go? I don't know much about Amish, but enjoy learning so much from your blog. <br /><br />Here in New Zealand (and I think in the States and Australia) there are the Exclusive Bretheren and I've read books from people who left and they too Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418411210116683582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-76043394421256048552011-04-18T16:15:15.398-04:002011-04-18T16:15:15.398-04:00The questions & answers are all so interesting...The questions & answers are all so interesting. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. Your blog is one of the best I have visited.magnoliasnteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517995125207145961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-6884708316987221132011-04-18T14:48:09.958-04:002011-04-18T14:48:09.958-04:00Hi! Thanks for being so honest and open about thi...Hi! Thanks for being so honest and open about things. As far as the shunning goes (for everyone else who commented) it is not about being mad or not forgiving someone who leaves. It is about teaching that there are consequences for your choices. The consequence for leaving the church is that you do not get to have those special relationships with your family anymore. I am not saying it is Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199380657884759780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-24112779399463788622011-04-18T12:21:16.218-04:002011-04-18T12:21:16.218-04:00Thank you for being so open and willing to share y...Thank you for being so open and willing to share your life with us! Looking forward to so much more.Blessed Tresseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242354237423703281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-62759442200915471372011-04-18T11:15:03.556-04:002011-04-18T11:15:03.556-04:00Thanks for sharing more of your life with us. I l...Thanks for sharing more of your life with us. I love the forgiveness attitude that you have. How much happier we all would be if everyone did that.happyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-65626988708267708502011-04-18T09:47:58.614-04:002011-04-18T09:47:58.614-04:00I recently have found your blog and have been read...I recently have found your blog and have been reading it from the begining. I am really enjoying your memoirs. You have a God given gift for story telling, and I agree with everyone else...you should publish them. I am almost to your wedding in my reading, and have a hard time tearing myself away from the computer to do anything else! I must go get something else done, though, so I can get Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16740030079312625544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-7633513442037338512011-04-18T09:38:50.252-04:002011-04-18T09:38:50.252-04:00How does shunning line up with forgiveness? An oxy...How does shunning line up with forgiveness? An oxymoron if ever there was one.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122656833028913453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-35477121216392398142011-04-18T09:37:08.924-04:002011-04-18T09:37:08.924-04:00It's interesting that the Amish church places ...It's interesting that the Amish church places a high value on forgiveness...except when it comes to their own members who make a different choice as to how to live. Then there is NO demonstration of forgiveness unless the people come back to the Church's way of thinking. It's one of the few things I just don't GET about the Amish faith. I love most of what I know about the way Maggie in Tallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765559579988713682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-35975408093996553422011-04-18T09:36:04.247-04:002011-04-18T09:36:04.247-04:00Thank you for sharing your answers, and teaching u...Thank you for sharing your answers, and teaching us truthfully about the Amish. So many of us have had false ideas, and it's good to have those ideas lovingly changed.<br /><br />How sad that parents must shun their children because their choices and beliefs are different from one another. It must be awfully hard and hurting for both sides.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143091661970531440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-29144223423741671062011-04-18T09:35:11.583-04:002011-04-18T09:35:11.583-04:00I enjoyed reading your answers to these great ques...I enjoyed reading your answers to these great questions.<br /><br />I have a question that I probably would know if I read way back - WHICH I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO PERIODICALLY - but what caused you and your brother's to leave the Amish Faith??? I can see one but several in one family - was there a difference in your family than in others or was it the Faith, Church...what????<br /><br />P.SMy Colonial Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066446310464424766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-46661728237779370852011-04-18T09:33:04.331-04:002011-04-18T09:33:04.331-04:00Thank you for being so open. I have enjoyed learni...Thank you for being so open. I have enjoyed learning more about the Amish through visiting your blog.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14858720522828231380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-90039939852081494452011-04-18T09:23:37.918-04:002011-04-18T09:23:37.918-04:00Great post! I've enjoyed reading other's q...Great post! I've enjoyed reading other's questions and your answers.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16189830385882659280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-5918375766444045712011-04-18T09:23:10.745-04:002011-04-18T09:23:10.745-04:00The idea of "shunning" one's own chi...The idea of "shunning" one's own children is bizarre to me.This Brokedown Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11250986452321346965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-34336963759662758582011-04-18T09:08:49.696-04:002011-04-18T09:08:49.696-04:00Thank you for sharing with us, I love your answer ...Thank you for sharing with us, I love your answer about forgiveness and having less drama, I think that is so true for anyone, regardless of being Amish or not:)Carmen S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13456401188562193384noreply@blogger.com