Beloved, On the evening of July Fourth, I followed Twitter in disbelief and horror as video of an attempted lynching in Bloomington began to emerge. As many of us now know, Vauhxx Rush Booker, a local activist and community organizer, was attacked by a group of white men at Lake Monroe while on an outing […]
Susan Seitz and John Salamone Just before Governor Holcomb issued a stay-at-home order in late March, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Terre Haute finished replacing the windows in a large basement room next to an alley. That long-planned upgrade has turned out to be a linchpin of the congregation’s mission during the pandemic. The new […]
Bishop Jennifer today released revised guidelines for diocesan churches. “I am grateful for your leadership and collaboration as you have engaged in the task of developing regathering plans, as well as for your thoughtful feedback on implementation of the second version of the diocesan guidelines issued June 3rd,” the bishop wrote in a letter accompanying the […]
The Summer 2020 issue of Sacred Places Magazine, a publication of Partners for Sacred Places, features an interview with Bishop Jennifer. Partners president Bob Jaeger spoke to Bishop Jennifer about her “love and ministry and the church, and her enduring interest in historic preservation, and how these two passions intersect and reinforce each other.” Read […]
Many churches and affiliated institutions of the Diocese of Indianapolis applied for and received loans through the Paycheck Protection Program established by the CARES Act. The loans can be forgiven in whole or in part, provided the funds were used for eligible purposes, including payroll and related expenses, mortgage interest, rent, and utilities, and that […]
On Monday, Bishop Jennifer gave this reflection on a Zoom meeting with bishops and canons from across the Episcopal Church: Ibram X. Kendi recently wrote in The Atlantic: “From the beginning, racist Americans have been perfectly content with turning nightmares into dreams, and dreams into nightmares; perfectly content with the law of racial killing and […]