Collecting My Thoughts

"PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in H...

When we began attending UALC in 1974 we met a young couple who were students at Luther Seminary in Bexley, Dave and Pam Mann (although she m...

When John McCain appeared with his adult POC adopted daughter during the 2008 campaign, Democrats accused him of having a "love child....

"Slaves in Paradise." That's what Fr. Christopher Hartley called the Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic who work the su...

There’s a 20 year old movement of communities and neighbors getting together to tell stories.  The book, The Moth , has become very popular ...

Hillary Clinton failed Haiti as Secretary of State. Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation allowed their donors to do the rebuilding (U.S. ...

A huge crowd met at UALC last evening to celebrate the mission we support in Haiti (school and medical clinic) and the service of 2 of our m...

My husband hosted his young home schooled friends on Thursday. He set the dining room table with paper plates and napkins with Twinkies and ...

“Kreyòl, or Haitian Creole, is the major language of Haiti, spoken by nearly all the 10,000,000 people who live there, plus those in the wid...

The earthquake in Haiti was a magnitude of 7.0. According to Wikipedia , the 1989 Loma Prieta quake in San Francisco was either 7.0 or 6.9 d...

Boarding the plane after a long delay in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Better to have problems on the ground than in the air! The classes he's ...

My husband is still hoping for a mission trip to Haiti this year--now probably postponed to April. The Massacre River separates Haiti and t...

Pastor Dave Mann and his wife Pam of Upper Arlington Lutheran Church are teaching in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. This is where my husband will soon...

"In an effort to relieve at least a small measure of worry for our customers with friends and family in Haiti, Time Warner Cable will i...

When the 700 Club Host referred to an old story that Haitians had made a pact with the devil 200 years ago for help in driving out the Frenc...

Bush was vilified for waiting for the chain of command to kick in from the governor of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans in 2005 to let...

No country has received more U.S. foreign aid and U.S. charity from NGOs and churches than Haiti. There's a very high cost. Not to us, b...

I realize journalists don't write the headlines for their stories that appear in the paper or our WaPo e-mail alerts, but exactly what ...

Ben Larson, a cousin of our senior pastor, was killed in the earthquake in Haiti, where he was on a short term mission with his wife and oth...

TECO Pottery was modern before it's time . I do not collect TECO (the little green one between 2 pieces of Hull), but I have one piece, ...