The Miting An Old Order Amish Novel
The Miting An Old Order Amish Novel by Dee Yoder, published by Kregel Publications on March 12, 2014, is a 304-page exploration of faith and community within the Amish lifestyle. The story follows seventeen-year-old Leah, who grapples with her beliefs and the constraints of her upbringing. As she seeks to deepen her understanding of God through a Bible study led by an ex-Amish couple, Leah questions the rigid rules of her community and the troubling realities of her best friend’s home life.
Readers will find Leah’s journey compelling as she navigates the complexities of her faith and the pressures of her Old Order Amish background. The narrative delves into themes of personal belief, community expectations, and the emotional turmoil of shunning, known as miting, that Leah faces after leaving her community. As she adapts to the Englisher world, Leah experiences profound homesickness and must confront the painful consequences of her choices. This edition offers a thoughtful look at the struggles of faith and belonging within the Amish and Mennonite contexts.
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Leah is seventeen and Amish. Like many her age, she has lots of questions, but the temporary flight of freedom known as rumspringen is not the answer for her. She does not desire Englisher fashion, all-night parties, movies, or lots of boyfriends. Leah is seeking to understand her relationship with God, to deepen and broaden her faith by joining a Bible study hosted by an ex-Amish couple. She wants to know why Amish life is the only lifestyle her family accepts, why the church has so many rules, and . . . most disturbing, how godly men can allow her best friend to be abused in her own home. In the pressure-cooker environment of church and family, Leah is not allowed to ask these questions. When finally she reaches the breaking point, she walks away from the Old Order Amish life that is all she has known. Though adapting amiably to the Englisher world, Leah is tormented with homesickness. Returning to the community, however, entails a journey of pain and sorrow Leah could never have imagined. The miting—shunning—that will now be Leah’s unendurable oppression every day is beyond her most devoted attempts to believe or understand. All the bishop and her family ask is that she abandon her practice of reading the Bible. Is that a price she is willing to pay?
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