At our Wednesday night Spiritual Book Study, we’re currently discussing the book Uncomfortable by Brett McCracken. McCracken, a Christian, notes Jesus said: “Whoever loves his life, loses it. And whoever hates his life in the world, will keep it for … Continue reading →
Continuing to catch up on July… I did a newspaper article about St. Mary’s Church here and their “Appalachian connection.” Each year an outreach team from St. Mary’s goes to Kentucky’s Owsley County, one of the poorest in the country. … Continue reading →
Buckeye Back Roads Tour cont… Stopped at the Spring Street Coffee House in St. Marys, Ohio. Owner Roger Beckett said he was a “moderate” when it came to politics. That is, he said he was basically a realist who believed … Continue reading →
In the last couple weeks, the Repulicans and Democrats at their National Conventions have been tripping all over themselves in speeches talking about their “humble” middle class, or lower, beginnings. Meanwhile our family, and the campaign in general, live right smack dab … Continue reading →
I’ve been hobbling around town the last few days with a torn calf muscle. (Whenever I put on my basketball shoes, I think I’m 18-years-old again.) I’ve used the time to do some more research for the National Debates (call … Continue reading →
I met with Baylor University professor Tyler Horner again. He said adolescents today are flooded with choices around computer technology, television choices, other entertainment options… And in all this they have the luxury of (and time for) tremendously self-focused … Continue reading →
We did a street corner, whistle-stop event in downtown Orange, Texas, yesterday as part of our Deep in the Heart of Texas Tour. Afterward I was interviewed by reporter Tommy Man Jr. of the Orange Leader newspaper. I … Continue reading →
average JoeOhio Tour cont: We were told the Circleville Pumpkin Festival outdraws the Ohio State Fair. So, of course, this was our next stop. There were pumpkin rolls, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream (yuk), pumpkin cup cakes… … Continue reading →
We did a whistle-stop event in downtown Stuebenville. Reporter Dave Gossett from the Herald Star newspaper interviewed me. I said we believed in a consistent life ethic that sets us against abortion, euthanasia, embyronic stem cell research, pollution, … Continue reading →
We did a whistle-stop in Pandora, Ohio. A reporter from Fox News came to do an interview — straight from the “State of the University Address” at Bluffton University. To stay with that theme, I gave him an … Continue reading →