So, here we are in the midst of a “quarantine,” the latin root word of which is “forty.” Why is forty so important? Mentioned 146 times in Scripture, the number 40 generally heralds a period of testing and transformation. For example, the flood was caused by a rain that fell for 40 days and 40…Continue reading Quarantine & The Number 40
Read about our thoughts honoring IMPD Officer Breann Leath, our Second-Chance Job Website that is under development, and other happenings at Unite Indy in our April 2020 newsletter.
I do about three miles a couple of times a week walking on the Monon Trail and happened by this goose standing on top of one of the old cottages on Cornell Avenue. All the other geese are in pairs, honking and letting everyone know they are claiming nesting areas, but this guy is abiding…Continue reading Social Distancing & Other Unnatural Occurrences
I was at Kroger yesterday. Shelves were bare. People were racing around. There was a line 90 feet long for the two check-out counters they had open and a dozen self-checkout stations with lines of their own. Pandemic Panic has set in. In the line one woman was telling me she had no spleen (?),…Continue reading Let Peace Prevail
Read about IMPD’s approach to the criminal homicide issue, the Social Impact Collective, and other happenings at Unite Indy in our March 2020 newsletter.
Rudy Rasmus pastors a church he started in the 90s with 9 members. Today he ministers with his wife to 9,000 souls just outside Houston, TX. But last Sunday he spoke in Indianapolis and began his message by telling us about the day he was planning to end his life. It was August 14th in…Continue reading Running From Failure
Taxpayers pay millions to keep lawbreakers off the street, yet when the courts decide these folks are ready to be released, they often find themselves in situations that tend to send them right back behind bars. Recidivism serves no one, and while repeat criminals must be incarcerated, too many go back to prison due to…Continue reading Of Reentrants & Ankle Bracelets
Read about the continuing gun violence in Indianapolis, how UNITE INDY is helping fund a study by Butler University that could dramatically improve the job market for ex-offenders, and other happenings at Unite Indy in our February 2020 newsletter.
With 153 gun-related homicides last year, it’s clear we haven’t solved the problem of gun violence in our city. A new “Gun Violence Intervention Program” has been in effect for more than 10 months here, and while it has promise, utilizing tactics that had its roots in a successful effort in gang-ridden Oakland, CA., there…Continue reading Disbelief & Discontent on the Street
Love is a dangerous thing. Martin Luther King was targeted because while he hated the misdeeds of the past, he loved the future. He wanted all races to get together, he professed a future where we all lived in harmony. He talked about that future, he envisioned that future, he brought love to the future….Continue reading The Danger of Love
