We’ve stopped at the Open Door Community in Atlanta. This is a Catholic Worker House that does outreach to the homeless. Liz and I will be on staff here for several months, while also looking at urban … Continue reading
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After Belmont Abbey College, we headed out of North Carolina, through the northwest tip of South Carolina and crossed the border into Georgia at Lavonia (pop. 1,845). And all (well, most ) of the 1,845 residents were on the … 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
I was ‘homeless’ in Atlanta today… I went out with a group of guys from the Open Door Community early this morning to stand in solidarity with the some 10,000 homeless people. We took no money, no food… and … Continue reading
Our Jonathan and I came across a most fascinating man today in Atlanta. He had decided to ‘pick up his cross and follow Jesus,’ literally. On his shoulder was a heavy, 15 ft. long wooden cross, with a … Continue reading
We’re in Atlanta, Georgia, to look at urban poverty issues… Today we attended a presentation by Kevin Moran, a long-time social justice advocate. He, tongue in cheek, said the following were some Atlanta “Chamber of Commerce” figures. For … Continue reading
I interviewed a man in Atlanta who was with the Special Forces. (He requested anonymity.) He said he was sent to a country in Central America during the Reagan era. He was there to train rebel troops … Continue reading
We’re back in Atlanta, Georgia, continuing to look at urban poverty issues… Today I sat in on an excellent presentation by Nelia Kimbrough, a long-time social justice advocate in this city. (Ms. Kimbrough is on the staff at … Continue reading
From Atlanta, we headed a couple hours east to Jubilee Partners Community in Comers, Georgia, for a series of interviews. The first day we met with Brad Smith who gave us a tour of the rural property. Jubilee … Continue reading