We have just put up our position paper on the Native American issue. It is based on exhaustive cross-country research, including trips to numerous Reservations. Our country, since it’s inception, has been going in the wrong direction because … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2007
We have recently updated the about joe section on the website. Note: Please consider putting up a homemade: “average Joe” Schriner for president sign in your front yard, now. And if you would, send us a picture … Continue reading
Our family went to a “Thirsting in the Desert” Lenten prayer service at the Catholic Worker House in Cleveland. One of the readings was about Jesus fasting in the desert and then being exposed to a series of temptations … Continue reading
In the last post, I talked about being at a “Prayer Service to Abolish the Death Penalty.” During the service, facilitator Tim Musser read the following: Capital punishment is not what Jesus taught. It is what he … Continue reading
Early this week, new Ohio Governor Ted Strickland denied clemency to convicted killer Kenneth Biros. In the middle of the week, I attended a “Prayer Service to Abolish the Death Penalty.” It was facilitated by Pax Christi member … Continue reading
On our recent campaign tour, we stopped in Ashburn, Georgia. Driving into Ashburn, you are greeted with a banner that explains this small town is the home of the “Fire Ant Festival.” A resident told us: “If … Continue reading
We met with Mose Keim in Dunkinsville, Ohio. He’s Amish. He also designs and manufactures high quality, cedar bird feeders. Mr. Keim gave us a tour of his small, low-tech plant. He employs 12 people here … Continue reading
We went to a talk by Winnona LaDuke at Berea College in Kentucky today. Ms. LaDuke is an Ojibwe Tribe member from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. She is also the founder of the White Earth Land … Continue reading
As a follow up to the last entry… We stopped in Lenoir City, Tennessee, where we toured “I’va’s Place.” This is a complex for “women in crisis.” And that could be women who are homeless, or victims of … Continue reading
I have jumped ahead a couple entries here. (Will catch up on the rest of the last week soon)… At St. Mary’s Church in Athens, Tennessee, this morning we saw the remnants of a “Cardboard City” that was … Continue reading