(To be honest, I couldn't even trouble myself to find out why Lewis uses Meinding as the Amish term for shunning, whereas the Amish word for shunning seems to be Meidung. I just can't seem to budge the reverence lever for Beverly Lewis's absurd and badly written book named for shunning. I mean, I can kind of reverence the custom of shunning, itself (I'd love to see it revived and widespread and directed against bureaucrats and their lackeys everywhere). My heartiest condolences to you, fictional Amish character trapped in a crappy romance novel, but I don't think I can manage that.

'You best be reverent when ya speak of the shunning.' (p. Now, for the more curious among you (a.k.a., those of you cruising the web on work time ).

The Shunning is as big a turd as any intelligent reader would suspect it would be. If you're just looking for the short answer, then.Ī. [Note for Overly Busy People with Lives and Responsibilities More Important than Mine, Who are Too Busy to Read an Entire Web Page About an Amish Romance Novel (Let Alone Read an Amish Romance Novel): Say, speaking of literature and bizarre singlemindedness, have I mentioned that I just read an AMISH ROMANCE NOVEL? And WEL-come! You caught me mid-sentence, there. But even though the ancient Spartans aren't ethically or morally admirable, there's always a certain amount of interest (possibly morbid) in people who are bizarrely singlemindedwouldn't you agree? With The Deuce of Clubs Amish Fiction Book Club Thee Grayte Amish Fiction Reading Experimente of Twenty and Ten Mary is a second-generation survivor of IBLP, which she considers to be a cult.A.k.a. “Now with a renewed faith of personal conviction, Becoming Free Indeed shares what it was like living under the tenants of Bill Gothard, the Biblical truth that changed her perspective, and how she disentangled her faith with her belief in Jesus intact.” OUT OF THE SHADOWS What resulted was an earth-shaking realization: much of what she'd always believed about God, obedience to His Word, and personal holiness wasn't in-line with what the Bible teaches. “Jinger committed to studying the Bible-truly understanding it-for the first time. His influence, along with the help of a pastor named Jeremy Vuolo, caused Jinger to see that her life was built on rules, not God's Word. He was committed to the Bible, but he didn't believe many of the things Jinger had always assumed were true. The description for the book reads: “Jinger shares how in her early twenties, a new family member-a brother-in-law who didn't grow up in the same tight-knit conservative circle as Jinger-caused her to examine her beliefs.

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