We got a notice a couple of weeks ago asking if we or anyone we knew was in the crowd 51 years ago, on the night Bobby Kennedy stopped in Indianapolis during his presidential campaign. It was the night of April 4th, 1968 and Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot and killed in Memphis…Continue reading Were You There?
A man was walking across a bridge when he spotted someone about to jump. “Don’t jump!” He said. “Are you a religious man?” “Yes.” The jumper replied. “Me too.” Said the walker. “I am a Baptist—remember God loves you!” “I am a Baptist too,” said the jumper. “Are you a Southern Baptist, or an Independent…Continue reading Go Ahead and Jump
Read about UNITE INDY’s Partner of the Month, body cams for police, and other happenings at Unite Indy in our March 2019 newsletter.
The Bible is full of moving stories. You know, the ones where someone actually moves from here to there. We’ve seen Abraham being told to leave everything behind and “go to a place I will show you.” There’s Ruth who follows Naomi to a new place and a new life. Of course there’s the amazing…Continue reading Wither Thou Goest
I was with a group of friends recently in a coffee shop and two of them got into heated debate over potholes. (Yes, potholes.) Each offended the other in an effort to prove who was most informed and most powerful. This is getting pretty common. Friends are offended over a word spoken in error, drivers…Continue reading Taking the Bait
Read about UNITE INDY’s Partner of the Month, and Jim and Nancy Cotterill being awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Award from Indiana Minority Business Magazine, and other happenings at Unite Indy in our February 2019 newsletter.
Psalm 42:5: Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention. This is the low point of Winter. In February my mother used to lighten her hair color. February was just too dull. She needed to do…Continue reading The Importance of Being Grateful
Jim and I received an award this week called the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award.* I’m still trying to get my head around having received this. MLK was and is too big. Like when I was five walking around in my father’s shoes. King was a superhero, an example of Christ on earth, staring…Continue reading On Radiators & Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read about how recidivism is down 8% since 2017, how Oakland may have a solution Indianapolis can borrow to reduce the number of criminal homicides, and other happenings at Unite Indy in our January 2019 newsletter.
I love it when people say they have reviewed the past year and figured out what went wrong, and what went right. I wish my memory was that good. But in general, I think people tend to remember what they want to remember, the way they want to remember it. My friend has a nemesis…Continue reading A Million Little Things
