1/23/06
America has just sent a $700 million space probe on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto, according to a Jan. 20, 2006 edition of USA Today. In the same edition was a story about a fight among nomads in Kenya … Continue reading →
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1/22/06
At St. Mary’s Church in Americus, Georgia, at Mass Sunday, Fr. Clif Marquis said there was a fellow priest at his first assignment in Cleveland a couple years ago who was so concerned with the poor in the inner city … Continue reading →
1/20/06
I interviewed Chandler Thomasson who came to Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia, with his wife Alice. Alice is vice-president of Habitat for Humanity in Morgan County, Ohio. (Koinonia is the birthplace for Habitat for Humanity and it’s national headquarters is … Continue reading →
1/19/06
I interviewed Felix Lohitai who was at Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia, to look at part of the history of the American Civil Rights Movement. Lohitai is in the Peace Studies Program at Manchester College in Indiana. (Koinonia was at … Continue reading →
1/18/06
The Koinonia Farm experience continues… I was interviewed for Koinonia’s newsletter the “Cotton Patch News.” One of the questions: What are your views on politics and religion? Answer: “Politics should be an extension of one’s spirituality. That is, I take … Continue reading →
1/17/06
I interviewed Bren Dubay who is the Director of Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia. Koinonia is an “Intentional Christian Community,” with people living and working together on a 573-acre pecan farm. (Koinonia was started by the late author Clarence Jordan, … Continue reading →
1/16/06
For Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, my family and I road in a Koinonia Farm float in a parade through downtown Americus, Georgia, in the heart of the “Deep South.” As mentioned in an earlier journal entry, Koinonia Farm … Continue reading →
1/14/06
More from the last week at Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia: Koinonia community member Ann Karp reported on a trip she took to the “Open Door” in Atlanta. This is a home for the homeless run by, for the most … Continue reading →
1/10/06 to 1/13/06
Recap: We have spent the week at the Koinonia Community in Southwest Georgia. It is a group of Christians living in intentional community on a pecan farm here. They are trying to model how the early Christians were inspired to … Continue reading →
1/9/06
Several days ago we had stopped in Rome, Georgia where we met with Tom Farmer. Farmer has studied the writings of G.K. Chesterton at length and informed us about the American Chesterton Society. One of the things Chesterton championed was … Continue reading →