Catching up… I continue writing free-lance pieces for the Bluffton News. For instance, I just finished a short article about a group of local Mennonite youth who are going to Canada to put on a week-long Vacation Bible School for … Continue reading
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The book Cambodia (A Shattered Society) notes that under the Khmer Rouge regime, there were “mobile brigades” of youth, and adults, who worked exhaustively each day in the fields of agriculture, industry and fishing. What’s more, they were rationed merely … Continue reading
Jimmy Carter and Dr. Norman Borluag, who helped bring a “Green Revolution” to India and Pakistan in the early 1970s by increasing their rice and other food grain production, began a similar grassroots movement among small farmers in Africa. The … Continue reading
I was just reading today in Harry Truman’s Where The Buck Stops book about his reflections on President Lincoln. Truman noted that Lincoln, as a youth, not only worked on his parent’s family farm, but he was also hired out … Continue reading
I recently interviewed a woman who went to Haiti as part of a Mission Possible team. [Mission Possible is a Christian humanitarian aid agency.] Her impression shortly after landing there: “I’m not sure what Dante’s Seven Circles of Hell are, … Continue reading
I stumped in downtown Arlington, Ohio (pop. 1,455), today. While passing out campaign cards, I ended up in a conversation with a local, retired teacher. He said he was particularly flummoxed by Federal Education Department standards as they relate to, … Continue reading
In the last couple months, I’ve written a number of stories for my wife’s magazines. Just a few of them include: I did a story about a youth who has autism and uses art therapy, in a pretty phenomenal way, … Continue reading
While stumping in Wakakoneta, Ohio, I passed on a campaign card to a family from Canton, Ohio. Canton is the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After recently watching the movie: Concussion, the name might well change to … Continue reading
Yet still more catching up on the last few months… I’ve done a good number of articles for my wife’s magazines over the winter. For instance, I just interviewed a woman who volunteers at a Youth For Christ outreach to … Continue reading
With a shift in the El Nino pattern, things will be about 15 degrees warmer than normal in Ohio this next two weeks — which will afford me the opportunity to finish an outside painting job before winter sets in. … Continue reading