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Nineveh moment 32… As spiritually nuts in life, as in death

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Joe SchrinerApril 3, 2020

Habitat for Humanity replica slum village in Americus, GA In a news piece this morning, it was noted that with the coronavirus crisis there’s, well, more funerals in the U.S. these days. Now to pick up with the American ‘spoiled’ … Continue reading →

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Nineveh moment (14)… “invisible killer” coming to get us (U.S.)

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Joe SchrinerMarch 19, 2020

coercincode.com photo Connecting the dots… People in America are characterizing the coronavirus pandemic as a: “…war with an invisible enemy that’s coming to get us.” So… This is a scene from the Syrian war. It could be a scene from … Continue reading →

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To Russia, with love

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Joe SchrinerDecember 17, 2018

I was just reading in USA Today that Russia’s GDP is less than that of California’s.  What’s more, their economy, right now, is hurting.  While on the one hand, we continue to play geo-political chess with Russia over election hacking, … Continue reading →

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Casket lunacy; adoption lunacy; North Korea threat

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Joe SchrinerSeptember 13, 2017

Catching up on August/Sept…  I did an article for the local newspaper on First Mennonite Church’s “Casket Ministry” here.  A regular on-the-market casket costs, on average: $4,000.  A First Mennonite casket, of comparable quality and crafted by church member “carpenter … Continue reading →

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Appalachian poverty; a special thrift store; and a corny joke

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Joe SchrinerAugust 8, 2017

Continuing to catch up on July…  I did a newspaper article about St. Mary’s Church here and their “Appalachian connection.”  Each year an outreach team from St. Mary’s goes to Kentucky’s Owsley County, one of the poorest in the country.  … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis’s Vatican; Joe’s White House

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Joe SchrinerApril 18, 2016

The big news this week is that Pope Francis went the the Greek island of Lesbos and took back three refugee families who will now be: “…guests of the Vatican.”  Good idea.  Our administration would open the White House for … Continue reading →

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On caskets, and such…

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Joe SchrinerDecember 8, 2011
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I talked with Neil Kehler who is involved with a “Casket Ministry” at First Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Ohio.  He and other church “carpenter hobbyists” make nice, cherry wood caskets for deceased church members.  The cost: $300. Neil told me … Continue reading →

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they stood firm

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Joe SchrinerApril 19, 2011

We continued further south, stopping at Koinoinia Farm in Americus, Georgia.   This was the backwater Selma to Montgomery of the Civil Rights Movement.   On this farm in the late ’40s, blacks and whites lived and worked together in … Continue reading →

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…in solidarity

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Joe SchrinerAugust 5, 2010

While in Laramie, Wyoming, we also met up with some old friends from our Bluffton, Ohio, days.   Matt Frances, his wife Kristen and daughter Penelope have been in Laramie the past two years.   Kristen is a teacher in … Continue reading →

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setting the bowling pins up again…

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Joe SchrinerApril 19, 2010

We just drove through southern Mississippi along the Gulf Coast.   (We had toured this area a few months after Hurricane Katrina and saw the almost total devastation.) We stopped in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.   Along the coast here (as … Continue reading →

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