When Amish gather for worship each week, they regularly sing the solemn, German-dialect hymns that their spiritual forebears composed nearly five centuries ago in a condition akin to that of 17 ...

Every artist is influenced by the world in which he or she grew up. For Freiman Stoltzfus, that world was the Amish farmland of Lancaster County. And while Stoltzfus has lived in Europe and New York ...

BILL MOYERS: In a time of war and rumors of war, of violence and calls for vengeance — with so many people feeling helpless before unwelcome events — I want to recommend a book — one I could scarcely ...