Amish Grace: Radical Mercy After Tragedy - Anabaptist (Micah 6:8)
After the Nickel Mines shooting, the Amish community offered radical mercy: forgiveness, attending the killer's funeral, caring for his family. They did justice differently—not retribution but restoration. They walked humbly—making no public statements, seeking no attention. Anabaptist reading of Micah 6:8 emphasizes that "do justice" in Jesus' kingdom means restorative, not retributive justice; "love mercy" means enemy love; "walk humbly" means refusing the world's power games. The Amish Grace story shocked America because it looked like Jesus—and like Micah 6:8.
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