by Shawn and Beth Dougherty, Plain Values July Fourth is an important day in our village. We always say Hinton has the best fireworks display in the valley, and people come from all over to watch. The park is full of…
In a world where the lines between reality and manipulation are becoming increasingly blurred, it’s essential to seek out the truth and understand the forces at play that shape our lives. Enter “The Boniface Option,” a groundbreaking book written by…
By: Jerry D, Plain Values This Month’s Question: What does restoration look like in your community? Answered by: Jerry D Miller, a minister in his local Amish church
By Marlin Miller, Publisher of Plain Values I began our first post with this question and a statement. “What do the Amish, little ones with special needs, two nonprofits, four adoptions, two one-room schoolhouses from the 1800’s and a monthly…
By Joel Salatin, Plain Values Does God Care How I Farm? That question defines my life’s work and vision because it moves the visceral, practical decisions I make in my farming vocation to a place of sacredness and godly living.…
by Marlin, Plain Values What do the Amish, little ones with special needs, two nonprofits, four adoptions, two one-room schoolhouses from the 1800s, and a monthly print magazine have to do with homesteading in 2023? It is the story of…
To Be or not to Bug by David Treebeard Read Part OneRead Part Three When animals become numbers, human numbers are not far behind. For the past several hundred years since the imaginations of Descartes and other enlighteners permeated our…
by J.Pilgrim I’m typing this out while I’m racked out in the back of my SUV in a Walmart parking lot in a college town, sipping a beer. I was attempting to spend New Year’s Day camping at the homestead,…
Become an Active Citizen of the Parallel Economy in 2023! by The Parallel Economist Commit to becoming an active citizen of the Parallel Economy this year! Gab’s progress in creating the Parallel Economy’s web infrastructure has been both extraordinary and…
The Living Scripture of Creation by David Treebeard Read Part TwoRead Part Three Nature is under God’s control, and all the parts of nature are part of His symbolic language. This means that all of creation offers spiritual lessons. To…
All the darkness of the world cannot put out the light of a single candle by D.L. Marshall With the current global situation, together we can, and will build a brighter future. In other to give meaningful suggestions for this,…
In light of the clown show that was the election on Tuesday I wanted to share some of my thoughts on what I see as the path forward from here. I made a post on Gab yesterday that got tens…
