I was just telling someone yesterday that for Martin Luther King Day two years ago, our family rode on a Koinoinia float in the Martin Luther King Day parade in Americus, Georgia. Koinoinia was the backwater Selma and Montgomery … Continue reading
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“average JoeOhio Tour” cont: I gave a talk at Sacred Heart Church in Fremont today. The reading during the Mass was about the Isrealites of old worshipping false gods, like “Baahl.” I said our modern day false … Continue reading
Average JoeOhio Tour cont: We went to Conneaut in the Northeast tip of Ohio. I gave a talk at St. Francis Cabrini Church after mass, exhorting the congregation to get more involved with Pro-life work. “Evil flourishes … Continue reading
average JoeOhio cont.: Went to an excellent talk by Paul Egan at Presentations Ministries in Peebles, Ohio today. In analyzing Corinthians in the Bible, Mr. Egan drew some modern day parallels. He said, for instance, that dressing … Continue reading
Americans across the board seem to want to hear politicians talk tough on terrorism. So to oblige, our campaign will too. And we have recently posted a position on terrorism where we primarily take to task: American forms … Continue reading
I attended a talk by Joe Mueller at Cleveland’s Catholic Worker House. Mr. Mueller is a Christian Peacekeeper Team member who has been to Iraq twice. On his first trip, last year, the Peacekeeper Team that came in … Continue reading
In Valdosta, Georgia, I told an NBC News reporter that we were against abortion. During a talk at a Mass in St. Augustine, Florida, I said “abortion would end tomorrow” if we took to the streets en masse, flooded … Continue reading
On our journey down Rte. 19 in Georgia, we stumped in the small town of Smithville, where a couple men told me there was no longer a grocery store here because bigger ones have gone up in more centralized towns. … Continue reading
At Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia, I interviewed Kevin Pendergast, a mental health counselor who was formally with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. He was called in to help facilitate with the “Ulster Project” in Cincinnati. The Ulster Project brings both … Continue reading
I gave a talk on Finding Common Ground in Politics at the Oberlin, Ohio, “Peace Potluck” tonight. During the Q & A period, people from the audience talked about their protests at the School of the Americas, their work … Continue reading