Catching up on the last week… I talked with Bluffton College Education Professor Paul Weaver. Every year he goes down to the country of Colombia as part of a Christian Peace Keeper Team. Amidst the violence there, he and other … Continue reading
During part of our Florida Panhandle Tour last month, we met Beth and Patrick Stanley in Defuniak Springs, Florida. This is a mom and her 31-year-old son. Patrick has Down Syndrome and still lives at home. Beth … Continue reading
More catching up from the last few weeks… In Carrabelle, Florida, we did a video segment from a small memorial to John “Buck” O’Neil. Born here on Nov. 13, 1911, O’Neil was a stand out in the old … Continue reading
Our family’s gift to Jesus this Christmas was a financial gift to Heifer International. We all kicked in some money to buy chickens for a Third World village. Heifer raises animals in America then ships them to these … Continue reading
I recently gave a talk at the University of Notre Dame. It was sponsored, in part, by ND’s Center for Social Concerns. The Center is recognized nationally for it’s community-based learning courses. What’s more, students do “immersion … Continue reading
I recently talked with Ken Peters in South Bend, Indiana. He was stationed at Alamagordo Air Force Base in New Mexico next to White Sands — during the time the first atom bomb was tested. Since then, the … Continue reading
I talked with Steve Flood who teaches a Logic Class at Notre Dame University. He asked me about our platform in regard to reversing the decaying inner city urban cores of America. I said the crux of the … Continue reading
Last night I talked with a man in his mid-20s at a Catholic Worker street outreach at our neighborhood in Cleveland. Nice guy, but hurting tremendously. He’s currently living in his car and parks in a friend’s driveway … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: In the last week, we had some more signage put on the campaign vehicle at The Sign Shack in Findlay, Ohio. Owner Joe Langhals let our kids help in a variety of ways, and … Continue reading
A couple weeks back, I gave a talk at the Christopher Program, an Alternative High School in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The class I talked in was doing some tremendously creative “Service Learning” projects. One student was doing an … Continue reading