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
Catching up on the week… Our son Jonathan and I attended a festival in tiny Continental, Ohio, over the weekend. It was dual purpose. There was a fundraising booth there for his Midget Football team — and I did some campaign stumping … Continue reading
We have been volunteering at the Open Door Community in urban Atlanta, Georgia, this winter. This is an outreach to the homeless on the streets of Atlanta. On Wednesday nights, there is a free Health Clinic staffed with … Continue reading
We traveled to Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia, over the weekend to watch our daughter Sarah’s team win the State Finals for JV homeschooling basketball girls. After the game, I stopped in the college library where I read part … Continue reading
I talked with Alan Jenkins who is involved with the Earth Covenant Ministry through his Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. (Earth Covenant focuses on trying to promote more environmental stewardship in the face of some tremendously bad environmental practices these … Continue reading
A recap of the last year: While the other potential presidential candidates were positioning themselves in various ways for potential runs for Campaign 2012, we were already hard at the campaign. (I declared for 2012 five minutes after … Continue reading
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
We headed south through North Carolina on Rte. 77, stopping in Statesville, Mooresville, Huntersville and Charlotte. We then started to head southwest, stopping in Belmont, North Carolina. Belmont is the home of Belmont Abbey College. The kids … Continue reading
Our Virginia Common Wealth Tour continues… We headed out of Verona and on to rural Buchanan, Virginia. We stopped at the Buchanan Quick Stop (that didn’t seem all that quick ). A slow country music song … Continue reading
Keystone State Tour 2 cont… We stopped in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, where I walked around the downtown passing out campaign flyers. I ended up in a conversation with Mike Barber who said that, while he’d been an … Continue reading