Category Archives: Believe in Humanity

The ADT Journey – Week 43

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

We stayed in one more UMC church in Ohio when we reached Chesterfield.  Ky as usual made the arrangement with the church, though I had made contact with Lions Stan and Nancy Starling previously.  Unfortunately, we arrived too late to … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 41

Posted on March 21, 2022 by admin

In the intervening years since our journey, I recount three particular kindness stories most often.  One involves the most inspirational quote, “confuse who is giving and who is receiving,” delivered by the director of the community meals program in Leadville, … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 38

Posted on March 2, 2022 by admin

During this stretch trail angels offered us kindness in a variety of ways; our response varied as well.  On the first day we stopped at a store in a small hamlet and asked the proprietor if he had a bathroom … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 35

Posted on February 11, 2022 by admin

The “trail” for this week was all roads, from Shawneetown, Illinois to Newburgh, Indiana.  We encountered scenic moments when our route came next to the Ohio River in Evansville and Newburgh, but otherwise the only memorable part of the “trail” … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 32

Posted on January 24, 2022 by admin

After our talk at the St. John UCC, Ky flew back home to be with family for almost a week while we continued on.  All our hosts through this St. Louis stretch lived far off the trail and Ky left … Continue reading →

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Year 2021 Recap

Posted on January 3, 2022 by admin

Last June I started weekly reviews of what happened ten years ago, when Cindy and I walked across the country.  With Cindy going on her third year of hospice there was little new going on in the present, while the … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 29

Posted on December 31, 2021 by admin

As soon as we entered Missouri the terrain felt more like back home.  The hills became a little more rolling, the riverbanks a little more chiseled and the trees thick enough to be called a forest.  No one would mistake … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 28

Posted on December 26, 2021 by admin

Back when we first entered Kansas, Gretchen Davis sent us an itinerary of speaking engagements and people hosting us for the days we would spend around Kansas City.  We met Gretchen and her husband Ardie in Frisco, Colorado because of … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 26

Posted on December 10, 2021 by admin

From our perspective Kansas can be divided in halves with McPherson serving as the point of delineation.  Flat plains, sparse natural vegetation and frequent cloudless skies characterized southwest Kansas; “rolling hills,” some natural vegetation and cloudy skies outnumbering cloudless skies … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 25

Posted on December 3, 2021 by admin

We entered Kansas from the southwest corner and would be departing through Kansas City, near the northeast corner.  Since much of Kansas originally was partitioned into square tracts of farmland, this meant a zigzag pattern of hiking east and north … Continue reading →

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