[Magdalen] Prosperity Gospel

[Jay Weigel]

There's a Mennonite church in Concord, TN (west Knoxville) that of
necessity serves all flavors of Mennonites. I have not been there, but
there was an article on the church in the Knoxville paper some time before
I left TN. A couple of pictures of the congregation showed the contrast,
but they all seemed to get along well.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
wrote:

> That was the same in Tennessee, Jay, except the Mennonites I saw mostly
> (the others look like everyone else) were the ones that dressed in long
> dresses and little lace caps, and the men with pants and suspenders.  I
> never saw any buggies, though, in and around Crossville.  They were known
> for their excellent construction, woodworking, and leather work, as well as
> "old fashioned" stores with lots of spices, good butter (in rolls, rather
> than sticks), and out-of-this-world baked goods.  Muddy Pond was a
> well-known settlement where you could go for good leather and food, a kind
> of tourist attraction.  Incidentally, I just read this editorial in the
> Sunday Times, and found it most interesting.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > We have all flavors of Mennonites here, from the Old Order variety who at
> > least drive buggies on Sunday and dress *very* conservatively almost but
> > not quite like Amish. to the sort of conservative ones whose women either
> > wear what we call "uniform dress" (a specific style/pattern) or
> relatively
> > conservative blouses and longish skirts along with the "sin-sifter"
> > bonnets, scarves, or little lace doilies, to the modern ones you can't
> tell
> > from anyone else.
> >
>