๐ฐ๐ Indiana Nut and Fruit Growers Association meeting and scion swap, today.
We are walking there after church.
The White River Alliance is issuing an urgent action request to protect Indiana wetlands. This is important for flood & drought management, ecosystems, biodiversity, and much more.
๐๏ธ “Today is Ash Wednesday”
Richard Beck continues to be a constant and reliable source of the theological “yes and” that doesn’t accept the worst of our conservative impulses or progressive impulses, but calls us to something deeper and better.
๐ I’ve written and delivered sermons, I’ve been a pastor’s husband, but Sunday I’ll resume the role of sermon midwife again.
Join us in person or I can get you a link to watch online.
Currently reading: Fight Like Jesus by Jason Porterfield ๐
(Note: not what it might sound like. ๐๏ธ)
๐ MennoMedia has a 40% off sale for Black History month.
Some great books on this list. I particularly recommend Drew G. I. Hart’s Trouble I’ve Seen.
๐ Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Church USA are hosting a series of webinars: Beyond Incarceration.
Over the last forty years, the era of mass incarceration has seen a rise in the U.S. prison population by five hundred percent.
๐ Happy to be a sermon midwife.
๐ Our church finished the Mennonite Church USA Abolition Curriculum this week.
Here were some of our takeaways:
What other MCUSA Churches are doing: We can add some of our current or past activities to the site.
#8toAbolition: Click on each of the 8 areas to see examples of opportunities to make a difference. Where are you called to help? Where is the greatest need in our community? What are we uniquely suited to address?
Cost of Policing Comparison: How does our city budget compare, and what are some ways we could get ahead of problems by shifting our focus?
We talked about bail reform in Sunday School today. ๐๏ธ
Hereโs John Oliverโs take on the topic.
Please recommend more albums like Yovel - Forthcoming Humanity ๐ถ๐๐ด
(Plex says BtBaM - The Great Misdirect is similar. Itโs also a great album, but no.)
Consider signing the change.org petition. ๐
๐ I’m “Designated Preacher” this morning (meaning, I am reading the pastor’s teaching in their absence).
“Join us” online 9:30 eastern for Jesus Geography: Caesarea Philippi.