Author: Jim Cotterill

When our thoughts are filled with hate against anyone, negro or white, we exist in a living hell that is as real as hell will every be.” -George Washington Carver For all of us who need reminding, George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1860 and rose to brilliance and world-wide celebrity…Continue reading Quote of the Month: March 2019 →

My wife and I were happy for 20 years, then we met each other.” -Rodney Dangerfield The late Rodney Dangerfield was a comedian whose career spanned the 60s, 70s, and 80s. He was a regular on The Tonight Show and had his own New York night club. For a man who built his entire persona…Continue reading Quote of the Month: February 2019 →

How long will it take? I come to say that however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long because no lie can live forever.” -Martin Luther King Jr., at the Alabama capitol in Montgomery, March 25, 1965 Watch Clarence Moore, Northside New Era Baptist Church recounting King’s speech at St….Continue reading Quote of the Month: January 2019 →

God bless us, everyone!” -Tiny Tim, in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” In 1843, Charles Dickens whose last three books had been flops, now had a wife, pregnant with child number five, and a publisher who was threatening to substantially reduce his income. He had to produce another book—and quickly. The first chapter came to…Continue reading Quote of the Month: December 2018 →

To ignore the facts does not change the facts.” -Andy Rooney ancy quoted some startling statistics about fatherless homes during one of our published Round Table discussions. Today 50 percent of children are born into fatherless homes across the country, and the number is 75 percent in some minority communities. She pointed out the importance…Continue reading Quote of the Month: November 2018 →

A place where Jews are not safe is a place where no one is safe.” -Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis The people streamed in. Traffic on Meridian Street was at a standstill at 5:30 Monday night. Standing room only was augmented by another great room where the proceedings were televised for all to…Continue reading Quote of the Month: October 2018 →

The only white people that thank Jesus are Republicans and ex-crackheads.” -Michael Che at the Emmys The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards program opened a few days ago from Los Angeles with a slew of political jokes and jabs as expected, but one remark from comedian Michael Che left many viewers wondering why they had tuned…Continue reading Quote of the Month: September 2018 →

I try real hard not to get between a dog and a fire hydrant.” -Anonymous Public Employee It seems today that we all find ourselves in this difficult place. There is no room for differing views. Families are divided over politics, leading otherwise loving people to attack each other verbally as if they could change…Continue reading Quote of the Month: August 2018 →

It can’t just be after their child is killed or arrested for a violent crime that somehow their parents care. They have to care before that.” -IMPD Deputy Chief Christopher Bailey A couple of days ago the Indianapolis Police announced that they are tracking a group of 45 teenagers and young adults who have committed…Continue reading Quote of the Month: July 2018 →

God began to move, as He does… He’s famous for moving.” -David Palmer, Purposeful Design My friend, David Palmer, said these words at our most recent UNITE INDY forum as he described how God moved to help him provide needed jobs for men he had met at Wheeler Mission. But last week this quote appeared…Continue reading Quote of the Month: June 2018 →