The Amish Witness

Hello, I’m Joe Pursch, and this is a Transforming Moment. Not too long ago, gunshots again rang sharply in a schoolhouse, and another deranged gunman took the lives of innocent school kids in America. But this time, the pain was more jolting, if that were possible, because the attacks came in a one room Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania. The very image of innocence. But what happened next touched the nation. In the veil of anguish, an Amish man walked to the home of the dead gunman’s wife and children within hours of the murders. There he found an anguished family member in tears but fearful of the rage of the community that they felt was sure to come. The Amish farmer simply wrapped his arms around the person and whispered the words “We forgive you.” He then walked back to his farm. Later that week, the Amish community began collecting money for the gunman’s family. The normally skeptical news media reported the story for days. And they will know we are Christians by our love. I’m Joe Pursch, and this has been a Transforming Moment.