tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post7913830186640964986..comments2024-03-03T22:03:05.210-05:00Comments on A Joyful Chaos: T ~ TroubleA Joyful Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-69834478384936577772015-04-23T14:02:57.417-04:002015-04-23T14:02:57.417-04:00Living close to an Amish community I can tell you ...Living close to an Amish community I can tell you that it is NOT romanticized around here. Thank you so much for giving us an insiders perspectivePaulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406717262345866373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-28489745077222023032015-04-23T13:56:46.196-04:002015-04-23T13:56:46.196-04:00I don't romanticize that life, but there are d...I don't romanticize that life, but there are definitely things I'd like to incorporate into my own life. I'd like to live somewhere more rural and have a little farm that I can work. Cut back on all the tech. But I lack the religious dedications; I wouldn't trade away modern medicine... And I couldn't imagine being part of a belief system that required you to stop associating Idea-isthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201579778489181627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-81279346638468502132015-04-23T13:15:12.041-04:002015-04-23T13:15:12.041-04:00It is interesting that you mention these things be...It is interesting that you mention these things because I, too, have noticed the seemingly unstatiable appetite for anything Amish these days. Although I do wish I could copy the family closeness and many of the simple ways I read about, there are many aspects of the life I couldn't live with. I do so long for a return to a simpler lifestyle.<br />As always, thank you for sharing with us Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00807691752817225336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-65940721870733446352015-04-23T12:55:43.213-04:002015-04-23T12:55:43.213-04:00It is understandable to some extent ( to me) why s...It is understandable to some extent ( to me) why some people do this. Many "modern" ( for lack of a better term) churches have alienated conservative Christians and some see this plain way of life as a refreshing change. I have known, during our "plain" journey a good number of generic plain folks who have stayed on the fringes of one of the plain churches ( as we did) - joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06786607020220841570noreply@blogger.com