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A high point last night was dinner with an Old Order Amish family, Joe and Sarah Miller and three of their granddaughters. This area represents the fourth largest concentration of Old Order Amish in the United States.
I admire the Amish. I wouldn’t choose their specific lifestyle, but I admire the consistency and thoroughness of their commitment to their faith, and the simplicity and focus of their lives. In some ways, they inspire me.
At the end, one of our group suggested that we share songs. We sang “I am a child of God” — rather well, I thought — and they sang a lovely song, with fairly complex harmony, auf Deutsch. I didn’t recognize it, and, unfortunately, I didn’t catch the title. I’m now interested, though, in tracking down a recording of Amish hymnology.
It was a pleasant evening.
Posted from Mentor, Ohio
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