What, in fact, holds them together?
These people believe God has called them to a life of faith, dedication, humility, and service. It is that belief in God s personal interest in their lives and their communities, which holds them together, in spite of many forces that could easily pull them apart. The Old Order communities offer a visible alternative to modern life. There is no other way to explain why so many tens of thousands stay, why in fact the communities are growing in number, why the whole world is fascinated by the quality of human wholeness they sense in the faces and fields of these people. The joy and security a child experiences from true peoplehood is a gift most children in today s world never have an opportunity to know. We (the authors of the book) do not wish to romanticize. The Old Order communities have their problems and weaknesses. But their strengths must far outweigh their failings. The Old Order world is not paradise, neither is it hell. It is perhaps one of the most meaningful and unusual appr
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- What, in fact, holds them together?
