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    My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son
    My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son
    My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son
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    My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

    By Joe Keim

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    In My People, the Amish, Joe Keim paints a detailed picture of life behind the bonnets and buggies. More than a biography, this is an honest look at the heart-warming traditions that mingle with the deep-rooted legalism of the Amish community in Ashland, Ohio.

    Born, raised, and baptized in an Old Order Amish church, from childhood Joe Keim was taught that if he didn’t follow the twenty-two-page ordinance letter that governed his community, there was no way he could get to heaven. What started as a path of rebellion led Joe and his wife Esther to a caring group of Englisher Christians who would love them like family and show them how to live out their new found faith in Jesus Christ.

    Nine months after their traditional Amish wedding, Joe and Esther left family and friends forever to live openly for Christ, and endured shunning and excommunication with bold faith. Since then, the Lord has brought many former Amish people to Joe and Esther for help. Because of their passion for the Amish people and with the support of fellow believers, they have brought biblical truth to thousands of Amish through the ministry they founded in 2000, Mission to Amish People (MAP).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAneko Press
    Release dateJun 1, 2017
    ISBN9781622454464
    My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

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    • 3/5
      Living in Ohio, as the author does, I am familiar with many of the surnames he mentions: Keim, Yoder, etc. I was not aware of the Old Order move to Ashland, OH and appreciated that history. I do know that each district can have different rules--what the author calls the Ordinance Letter and what most Amish fiction calls the Ordnung--so I know rules can differ between different groups. In this book, Joe Keim attempts to share his experience growing up in an Amish family and what about it caused him to leave the Amish community. Keim puts this on the fact that the Amish he grew up with believed in lots of hard work but rarely voiced appreciation for the hard work or a job well done, or for putting the family first. Because of this, he looked elsewhere for the approval he wanted from his father. In fact, Joe leaves several times, but returns prior to leaving with his wife Esther (also Amish) for good. (Though in recent years, he does seem to have somewhat reconciled with his Amish family, though I was dismayed to see some of the shunning practices continue (such as having to eat at different tables and being served from different containers) even though the immediate family does seem to have accepted them back in some form.)Keim and his wife eventually began a ministry to help those leaving the Amish to make their way in the world as well as to try to take the message of Christian salvation to the Amish.
    • 3/5
      I was expecting this story to be more focused on the childhood and lives of the Amish, but it is pretty narrowly focused on the how everything relates to the author's religious experience. His Amish community was unusually narrow-minded and strict, even in the context of the Amish, and he blames a lot of that culture on their particular religious beliefs. He also credits the better life he has made for himself largely to the more expansive version of Christianity that he has embraced outside of the Amish community.


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