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Bishop Jennifer and the Rev. Alissa Newton, program director for the College for Congregational Development in the Diocese of Olympia, at Waycross in December Registration is filling up fast for the Diocese of Indianapolis’s inaugural week-long intensive College for Congregational Development (CCD) training. The training, which will take place July 12-18 at Waycross, is designed […]
Dear Ones, My Christmas preparations this year have included a slow read of Howard Thurman’s “The Mood of Christmas.” Published 46 years ago, this little book of reflections and poems speaks so much to the mood of our times. I’ve been equally slow in decking the halls, even as I’ve been inspired by the beautiful […]
Most Gracious Lord, by whose direction this time Is appointed for renewing The memory of your infinite mercy to all people In the incarnation of your only Son, Grant that we may live this holy time in the spirit of thanksgiving, And every day raise up our hearts to you in grateful acknowledgement Of what […]
Bishop Jennifer gave this sermon to the 182nd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis on November 16, 2019. Read the full text below: Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” Jesus said to him, […]
The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, gave the keynote address at the Diocese of Indianapolis’s convention on November 15, 2019.
On a Sunday morning in mid-July, Bishop Jennifer gathered with members of St. Stephen’s in New Harmony for an unusual liturgy: the burning of a mortgage note. “Sweat was pouring down our faces and we were singing ‘Ode to Joy,’ remembers St. Stephen’s rector the Rev. Dr. Beth Macke. “It was a lovely liturgy.” The […]