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through African eyes

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Joe SchrinerDecember 7, 2019

I was reading parts of this book tonight. The first section was about slavery and the accounts are absolutely horrendous. Splitting families, torture, murder… Some 15 million people were displaced and slavery was called, in some circles, “…the trade of … Continue reading →

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Africa at an ag. crossroads…

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Joe SchrinerJanuary 29, 2019

A vignette that’s emblematic of the crux of some of the article. –photo by Robin Hammond I just read a rather detailed article on “African agriculture” in National Geographic magazine. It noted that it was on the rise and that … Continue reading →

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‘…going where no eyes have gone before.’

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Joe SchrinerJanuary 20, 2022

I just interviewed a man who is a local astronomer and spends a lot of time at this observatory. I interviewed him for an article that revolves around what is going to be a “…once in a lifetime” experience for … Continue reading →

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Nineveh moment 29… Pop Francis yesterday: “…time to choose what matters.”

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Joe SchrinerMarch 28, 2020

aciafrica.org photo Yesterday (3/27/20) Pope Francis addressed the world from an empty St. Peter’s Square amidst a rain storm. The storm was quite appropriate, divine coincidence wise, to the pope’s message. He said that the world was living amidst a … Continue reading →

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Social Work Part II; Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Joe SchrinerJanuary 15, 2018

As a follow up to my last entry on the social work field, I picked up the book: Social Work with Groups (Social Justice Through Personal, Community and Social Change).  In a section about lab group work through activity-centered therapy, … Continue reading →

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crop sustainability; nixing tractors; Amish “smallness”

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Joe SchrinerApril 30, 2016

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 →

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foreign aid… of a much more prolific kind

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Joe SchrinerApril 8, 2016

The last couple days, I’ve been reading an extremely in-depth piece in the Atlantic about President Obama’s foreign policy.  The policy comes across as being tremendously sophisticated and just as nuanced.  At one point, Obama is quoted as saying:  “I … Continue reading →

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Ohio stumping; Tanzania atrocity; an extremist?; dark culture; colliding cross currents…

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Joe SchrinerJanuary 16, 2013

Some more vignettes from our recent Buckeye Back Roads Tour:  In Beaverdam, Ohio (Well, if you don’t carry Beaverdam, you’re not going to carry the country.), I put up a campaign flier at the local market.  Then at Benroth Body … Continue reading →

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Chihua Chihua, Border Tours, NAFTA problems

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Joe SchrinerJanuary 18, 2012
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I talked with Matt Arnold today.  He and his family were missionaries in Chihua Chihua, Mexico, for 17 years.  They worked with indigenous people in the rural areas there.  He said it’s not “African poverty,” but the poverty there is … Continue reading →

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Hot in Madagascar, Take Back The Night, Just ‘Curious’

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Joe SchrinerNovember 29, 2011
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The campaign continues…  This last week, Liz and I met with Debbie and Kevin Moore.  They were missionaries in Madagascar  for 17 years.  Madagascar is the 4th largest island in the world, and the 10th poorest country.  Although quite close … Continue reading →

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