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Amish Memorials: The Nickel Mines Pasture and Quiet Forgiveness

4 Comments | Posted September 30, 2011 | 11:00:36 (EST)

Charles Carl Roberts IV shot 10 young girls execution-style and then killed himself in the one-room Nickel Mines Amish School on Oct. 2, 2006. His rage left five of the girls dead and the others fighting for their lives in regional trauma centers.

Swift expressions of grace from the...

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The Patient and Disciplined Faith of the Amish

Posted November 6, 2010 | 06:12:46 (EST)

Oct. 2 marked the fourth anniversary of the tragic schoolhouse shooting in Nickel Mines, Penn., when a non-Amish neighbor unleashed his anger toward God for allowing his firstborn daughter to die nine years earlier. He shot 10 young Amish girls execution style, killing five and seriously injuring the rest before...

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