Author: Jim Cotterill

I gave my life to Christ in the County jail, was baptized in that orange jump suit…” -Kurt Moore Kurt Moore is now a successful businessman, but years ago after college he came back to his neighborhood in Indianapolis and decided to make money the easy way. He was arrested and charged with selling drugs…Continue reading Quote of the Month: May 2018 →

I’m so far past being angry and frustrated. I have to fight my way UP to those feelings. Leaching off family and friends is degrading when I should be, and want to be supporting myself.” -Name Withheld While everyone in Washington is patting themselves on the back, touting the lowest black unemployment in years, there…Continue reading Quote of the Month: April 2018 →

Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” -Jesus As T. D. Jakes said, “The amazing thing about Easter is that Christ in his dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.” This highest act of love came at the greatest cost to the least deserving of people…Continue reading Quote of the Month: March 2018 →

“God loves the hell out of us so we can love the hell out of others” -Colts Chaplain Ken Johnson Ken Johnson works to pastor some of the biggest men in Indianapolis. They are big physically and they make big money. As pastor to the Indianapolis Colts football team, he wants them to be big…Continue reading Quote of the Month: February 2018 →

“We are in a State of EMERGENCY!! 17 BODIES DROPPED IN JANUARY 2018 VERSUS 9 IN JANUARY 2017. Including: A woman shot and pushed from a car Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of an east side store.” -Anthony Beverly Anthony Beverly is a soft-spoken man. You’ll recognize him as the tall guy with three…Continue reading Quote of the Month: January 2018 →

“The hands of the Almighty are often found at the end of our own arms.” -Anonymous In this deep mid-Winter where cold and want surround, where pantries go without needed volunteers and children cry for absent parents, we find our place. “Send me,” the hymn demands, but the army has yet to materialize. In truth,…Continue reading Quote of the Month: December 2017 →

“My momma didn’t send me to school to learn. She sent me to school to eat. I watched as people passed on their way to church as I dug through garbage cans for food.” -Kevin Brown Kevin Brown was born to a 15-year old girl and lived in an unheated hovel. His mother would have…Continue reading Quote of the Month: November 2017 →

“We are not called to sameness. We are called to oneness.” -Jason Petty aka “Propaganda” When I was invited to speak at Q Commons, a Christian think tank event held this month on the subject of “Healing a Divided Nation,” I was blessed to hear the words of Jason Petty. He is a hip-hop artist…Continue reading Quote of the Month: October 2017 →