We headed south to Clanton, Alabama where we talked with Sr. Marie Dina, pastoral leader of Ressurection Church here. There are many Hispanics connected with the parish that are living below the poverty line. She said, however, the answer is … Continue reading →
Several entries back I wrote about an extremely alarming news report about the Netherlands allowing the killing of some new borns with serious physical maladies. Today in Irvington, Kentucky we met Ray Meredith whose daughter (who is a doctor in … Continue reading →
We’re in Irvington, Kentucky where I met with Pastor Todd Edmundson of Lincoln Trail Christian Church. Pastor Edmundson graduated from Milligan College in Tennessee, and he explained one of the courses there is: “Christ in Culture.” He said professor Phil … Continue reading →
Traveled south to Adams County, Ohio where I talked with Harlen Plummer. He was in the Service for 27 years, is a past Department Commander of the of the local DAV Chapter, and regularly goes to Washington to lobby for … Continue reading →
While at home, I do some part time handyman work to make ends meet. Today I was removing some wallpaper. And as I did, I mused a bit. There were three layers which needed to come off the wall: the … Continue reading →
We are readying to launch on a campaign tour of the Southeast to raise more awareness about the campaign and to look at rural poverty issues in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia… It will be a 6,000 mile trip. We are … Continue reading →
An Associated Press article said today that a hospital in the Netherlands has recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns (and other babies with serious physical maladies). What’s more, this hospital has already begun to carry out … Continue reading →
I interviewed Chicago’s Carmen Kinglsey today. She was a member of Mennonite Volunteer Service in Chicago, and worked with the organization “Play for Peace.” She explained Chicago is quite segregated, white sections, black sections, hispanic sections… Play for Peace would … Continue reading →
It’s three weeks past the Election and our neighbor still has his Kerry/Edwards sign up. It stands as a lone sentinel in the town. Seeing him out in the yard the other day, I joked: “Still waiting for the provisional … Continue reading →
During Campaign 2004, I gave a talk to a sociology class at Bluffton College about part of my plan for: Jobs in America. I said I believed we needed to be looking at this issue through a “different lens.” And … Continue reading →