On my Sunday ride back home, I passed through a small Amish settlement in in the southeast-most township of Calhoun County, Michigan.

I took this photo of what I take to be an Amish business as one to use when I try to explain that the Amish people are not anti-technology. They’re constantly adopting new technologies, but are very deliberate about what they adopt. They consider carefully the effect any new technology will have on family, social, and spiritual life.

There was nobody to be seen at this homestead.

Everyone was at Sunday morning church service.

I first became aware of this settlement on a weekend ride in 1997. From what little I saw of it then, it seemed like a fairly new one, with young families. It still does not have the air of a long-established settlement. The home where they met this Sunday is under construction. There are some that look like older homes that have been renovated into Amish-style residences. That type seems to be common in smaller, newer communities.