During the month of September, I was interviewed for a TV news piece with the local Fox News affiliate WLIO. The reporter asked me what my chances were. I responded with Ohio’s state motto: “All things are possible with God.” … Continue reading
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In the last couple months, I’ve found myself (as usual): multi-tasking. I’ve been out to campaign on the back roads of Ohio several times. I’ve been working on a big house painting project in Bluffton (“Joe the Painter”). Liz (the … Continue reading
Jimmy Carter and Dr. Norman Borluag, who helped bring a “Green Revolution” to India and Pakistan in the early 1970s by increasing their rice and other food grain production, began a similar grassroots movement among small farmers in Africa. The … Continue reading
I was just reading today in Harry Truman’s Where The Buck Stops book about his reflections on President Lincoln. Truman noted that Lincoln, as a youth, not only worked on his parent’s family farm, but he was also hired out … Continue reading
I recently interviewed a woman who went to Haiti as part of a Mission Possible team. [Mission Possible is a Christian humanitarian aid agency.] Her impression shortly after landing there: “I’m not sure what Dante’s Seven Circles of Hell are, … Continue reading
I recently interviewed a couple in Lima, Ohio, who adopted two babies from mothers who were in crisis pregnancy. The couple are Christians. The wife said: “God adopts us into His family,” so it only stands to reason we should do … Continue reading
I interviewed Carl Liechty for one of my wife’s magazines today. Carl and his family were Mennonite missionaries in Japan for an extended period. Carl taught in several universities there and the family had a “house church” where they taught … Continue reading
While other presidential candidates are jetting from state to state across the country for rallies, media spots, and such; I’ve zeroed in on Northwest, Ohio, where I’m driving my work van around about a 75-mile radius to campaign at nights … Continue reading
While stumping in Wakakoneta, Ohio, I passed on a campaign card to a family from Canton, Ohio. Canton is the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After recently watching the movie: Concussion, the name might well change to … Continue reading
More catching up on the past two months… I volunteered at an outreach to the homeless in Cleveland on Christmas night, during a trip back to the city to see relatives. This is run out of St. Malachi’s Church on … Continue reading