We just drove through southern Mississippi along the Gulf Coast. (We had toured this area a few months after Hurricane Katrina and saw the almost total devastation.) We stopped in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Along the coast here (as … Continue reading →
More on our Sweet Home Alabama Tour… Coming across the border from Georgia, we first stopped in Phenix City, Alabama. This was once billed at “the most corrupt city in America.” With the Army’s Ft. Benning nearby, … Continue reading →
We’ve started on our “Sweet Home Alabama Tour.” (We continue to try to be as original as possible with the campaign.) Yesterday we stopped in Montgomery at a park. While the kids watched a youth baseball game, … Continue reading →
I was interviewed by the Americus Times-Recorder yesterday. I noted Koinonia Farm, where we’re currently doing some research, has a perma-culture. (This is a design system for sustainable human habitats that work in harmony with nature to … Continue reading →
We’re in Americus, Georgia, at Koinonia Farm. Koinonia is a Christian farm community that was the backwater Selma and Montgomery of the Civil Rights Movement (way before Selma and Montgomery). It was here that Whites and Blacks worked … Continue reading →
Catching up on my notes… A couple weeks back we were at Jubilee Partners Community in Comers, Georgia. This is a Christian community that takes in refugees from all over the world. While at Jubilee, I interviewed Liz … Continue reading →
I stopped in at a Community Action for Teens’ Safe & Sober Prom Campaign event over the weekend in Decatur, Georgia. At the event was a display with some of the following statistics. 1) Traffic crashes currently are … Continue reading →
A few weeks back, we were at Jubilee Partners Community in Comers, Georgia. (They’re mission is taking in refugees from all over the world.) While at Jubilee, I interviewed Don Mosley, 71, who is the co-founder of Jubilee. … Continue reading →
For Good Friday, I went with a group for a prayer service in front of the State House in Atlanta. One t-shirt read: “Jesus was a victim of the death penalty.” The group leader this day, Calvin … Continue reading →
I interviewed Ron Santoni this week. He has been a professor of philosophy for over 40 years at Denison University in Ohio. Professor Santoni, as he’s done for the past 10 years, was in Atlanta for Holy Week … Continue reading →