Christian Living Roots + Wings — Mountain Time Guest Post, November 10, 2023 Share this:By Rory Feek, Plain Values Most of the time when I’m writing this column, I’m in pretty much the same place. Sitting at the kitchen table in our farmhouse or at my desk in the milkhouse, with a view outside of the backfield and within earshot of Indy and the… Continue Reading
Christian Living Biblically Based Fatherhood Guest Post, October 19, 2023 Share this:by Jacob Brown Why does our Lord tell us to pray to God as Father? When asked by his disciples to teach them to pray, the Lord Jesus Christ taught them to pray by addressing the Almighty God of all creation as Father. He just as easily could have taught… Continue Reading
Christian Living The Healing Land — God’s Will Guest Post, August 28, 2023October 23, 2023 Share this:By Shawn & Beth Dougherty, Plain Values Sometimes keeping milk cows isn’t about the cows; sometimes, it’s about weddings, cancer, and love. For example: One morning almost exactly four years ago, a girl arrived on our farm. She came with her brother, who wanted some farming experience and had been… Continue Reading
Christian Living The Roundtable | Amish Insights on: Big Families | Pt. 1 Guest Post, August 8, 2023October 23, 2023 Share this:By: Emily Hershberger, Plain Values This Month’s Question:Springtime is a busy time of the year for homesteaders. How do you keep such large families seemingly so organized during busy seasons? Answered by: Emily Hershberger Emily: “Out with the cold and in with the spring” is what comes to mind as… Continue Reading
Christian Living The Roundtable | Amish Insights on: Restoration | Pt 2 Guest Post, August 1, 2023October 23, 2023 Share this:By: Ivan Keim, Plain Values This Month’s Question: What does restoration look like in your community? Answered by: Ivan Keim, a minister in his local Amish church Continue Reading
Christian Artisty Simplifying — Roots + Wings Guest Post, August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Share this:By Rory Feek, Plain Values On our recent trip to Amish country in Ohio to spend time with the team at the Plain Values office, Marlin put together a small gathering of folks from the community, and I sang a few songs and shared a few stories with them. But… Continue Reading
Homemaking Start-Up Farm — Confessions of a Steward Guest Post, July 27, 2023 Share this:By Joel Salatin, Plain Values The single biggest cost—and hurdle—in starting a farm of any size is the land cost. Our own nation has gone from free land to extremely expensive land. Old farmers today who acquired their land in the 1960s often have a hard time appreciating the land… Continue Reading
Homemaking First Foods — The Healing Land Guest Post, July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 Share this:By Shawn & Beth Dougherty, Plain Values The corn in the garden is already more than knee-high, and the first planting of green beans has been gracing the supper table for more than a week, so summer must really be here. And even with temperatures in the high eighties making… Continue Reading
Christian Artisty Staying Local — Roots + Wings Guest Post, July 18, 2023 Share this:By Rory Feek, Plain Values I once made a trip north to Amish country in Ohio to visit and spend time with Marlin and his team at the Plain Values home office. In the few days that I was there, I returned home with some unexpected personal insights that I… Continue Reading
Christian Living One Minute with Marlin — Fruit Guest Post, July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 Share this:By Marlin Miller, Publisher of Plain Values Have you ever tried to do something nice for someone only to make a mistake that messes up everything you had planned? Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Fight By Flight Guest Post, July 17, 2023 Share this:Why Leaving Godless Places Is Loving Godless Places by Joel Webbon My book, “Fight By Flight: Why Leaving Godless Places Is Loving Godless Places,” recently sparked quite the controversy online. Many have asked, “Why an entire book dedicated to the topic of whether or not Christians should leave blue states?… Continue Reading
Christian Nationalism Building a Parallel Economy and Nurturing a New Christendom Andrew Torba, July 17, 2023July 19, 2023 Share this:The concept of building a parallel economy and nurturing a new Christendom offers an inspiring vision for those seeking alternative frameworks to secular society’s crumbling infrastructure. This is something we’ve been working towards here at Gab for several years now and I’m excited to share some more of that vision… Continue Reading