tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post7914895261256599676..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: The Amish Beard (In Praise of Art Gish)LKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-60509713434585389012017-10-05T13:41:06.807-05:002017-10-05T13:41:06.807-05:00In the original article, I wrote that Art Gish was...In the original article, I wrote that Art Gish was born into an Amish home and later became a member of the Church of the Brethren. Just today I had the following correction by Peggy Gish, Art's wife, and have subsequently corrected the article. Here is what Peggy kindly posted on Facebook:<br /><br />"Art didn't grow up Amish. He grew up in a Church of the Brethren family and became a member as a youth. He did often talk about his beard as being an "Amish beard," wore Amish hats, and had close relationships with Amish. But this doesn't take away from what else you wrote about his life and motivation for wearing an Anabaptist beard. At the time of his death, we still did not have internet at our home and he had never been on Facebook, choices I made more recently."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-65938016059034051522010-10-05T20:54:29.330-05:002010-10-05T20:54:29.330-05:00As someone with a not-quite Amish style beard, I h...As someone with a not-quite Amish style beard, I have to confess that mine is more of a happening than a statement. Since I started it in college in the 70s, I guess there was still an implicit statement. Of course, nowadays, even the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has a beard!<br /><br />I have always had an awkward relationship with all the great goings on of the 60s, I was still in junior high and high school when much of it happened. I saw the 60s on television more than I lived it. Yet I was close enough that I remember it. I am impressed with those who found a clear voice from the experience. It sounds like Art Gish was such a person.<br /><br />We sometimes are berated on this blog for a lack of a strong female viewpoint. I am not sure how this subject, despite its charms, is going to help us with THAT subject. Perhaps it is time for a round on women in ministry. Or, on why men are so bad at listening to women, especially when we need to! Maybe we could start by remembering Judy Collins singing "Amazing Grace," back in the days when Christian rock just happened, without needing to be in a niche market!Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-45358309708734235262010-10-05T09:08:15.897-05:002010-10-05T09:08:15.897-05:00I am happy to finally know the story behind your b...I am happy to finally know the story behind your beard, Dad! Since I was only two when you started wearing an "Amish beard," I never knew the details of why you started to wear it that way -- it just seemed "normal" to me.Karen S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-5580188826518575132010-10-05T07:37:35.321-05:002010-10-05T07:37:35.321-05:00I now know the story of your beard and respect it ...I now know the story of your beard and respect it all the more. Thank you for sharing the life and influence of Art Gish with us, your Thinking Friends.Gregory Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356963573996529946noreply@blogger.com