Catching up on the last couple weeks: For Christmas, our family’s gift to Jesus was a donation to a Third World clean water fund. Some one billion people worldwide don’t have access to clean water… For New Years, I made … Continue reading →
Our motor home got hit last week. It was parked on a quiet side street and an 82-year-old woman, in broad daylight (at a slow speed), swerved and hit the back corner. The next day (Are you ready for this?), … Continue reading →
We spent the weekend moving into our new home on Main Street in Bluffton, Ohio (pop. 3,875). That’s right, “Average Joe on Main Street USA.” Doesn’t get much more populist than that! And we don’t even plan these things, the … Continue reading →
While the other candidates are holding town hall meetings, and the like, in Iowa and New Hampshire, I’ve decided on Northwest Ohio. (Call it a hunch) Last night I found myself in an impromptu round table discussion at McDonald’s with … Continue reading →
I talked with Kurt Schoenfeld yesterday. He travels the Midwest giving training seminars for firefighters on tools (like “Jaws of Life,” etc.) used in extracting people from vehicles in the aftermath of a bad wreck for Howell Rescue Systems. Coming … Continue reading →
I talked with Bluffton University professor Don Hooley. Back from a sabbatical to India, he said it wasn’t uncommon to see a family of four there living in one 15 ft. by 15 ft. room, complete with a small kitchen, … Continue reading →
I talked with Neil Kehler who is involved with a “Casket Ministry” at First Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Ohio. He and other church “carpenter hobbyists” make nice, cherry wood caskets for deceased church members. The cost: $300. Neil told me … Continue reading →
And you think the Super Committee had problems… I talked last week with Tom Eckelberry who is the president of the Harrod, Ohio (pop. 400), Village Council. Harrod is one of a handful of towns that don’t assess a tax on resident … Continue reading →
The campaign continues… This last week, Liz and I met with Debbie and Kevin Moore. They were missionaries in Madagascar for 17 years. Madagascar is the 4th largest island in the world, and the 10th poorest country. Although quite close … Continue reading →
Catching up on the last week… I met up with a homeless guy who we had taken in a few years back. He’s a modern day “hobo,” if you will. He has a bi-polar disorder and how it manifests is: … Continue reading →