Just the other day I was up in “Amish country” near Clare, MI, and I was surprised at what I saw. As you probably know, the Amish don’t allow many of the advancements of today’s society into their lives. They usually don’t allow anything that runs on fuel or electricity. But as I was driving by an Amish home, I saw a man mowing the lawn with a gas push-mower. And it wasn’t just any old mower, it seemed to be a nice (but well-used) commercial mower. Come to find out, the same Amish family got their first telephone a few years ago. It sits in a wooden phone booth near one of their barns. From what I hear, the Amish in the area have been a little more lenient lately.