It's Christmas in Lancaster and time for everyone to call a truce and set aside their differences for the holiday. Merlin introduces us to a new friend as he takes it upon himself to educate everyone ...

Lovina Eicher shares her favorite Christmas cookie recipe, a delicious and easy-to-make sour cream cutout cookie. In addition to the sour cream cutout cookies, Eicher shares various recipes for ...

The author shares how her family celebrates Christmas in their Amish community in Southern Illinois. The author's mother makes Christmas special with caroling, gifts, and gatherings. The author's ...

This week I’ll share recipes I like making around Christmastime. Daughter Elizabeth brought a batch of this dough on Wednesday. It is a delicious cutout cookie that works really great. The children ...

Kylie’s birthday cupcake is pictured. It is a nice sunny January morning with the temperature at 30 degrees. My husband Joe, son Benjamin, and son-in-law Daniel Ray all left for work early this ...

After I discovered this recipe, it became a mainstay for me. I make the dough ahead of time when company is coming, and I try to keep some in the refrigerator to bake for our ranch hands. Leftover ...

My husband Joe, son Kevin and I are home alone this Sunday evening. We had an easy supper of grilled cheese and sausage patties. I still have a hard time cooking for just a few people. We spent the ...

The last few days have been rainy. The many, many leaves that have not been picked up are now matted to the wet grass. It will be more of a challenge to use the leaf blower now. Joe started the coal ...

Yesterday after church services we had our annual Christmas potluck dinner. As always there was way too much food — casseroles, ham and cheese sandwiches, salads, vegetables, dip, puddings, cakes, ...

Christmas moments are here. Well, the holiday may not be here yet, but already we are enjoying tokens of love from those around us—cards in the mail, updates from friends from across the board, and ...