We are up the creek without a paddle. Here is Rashika Jaipuriar at the Indianapolis Star: Health care workers are pleading for help as Indiana is seeing record numbers of hospitalizations, but one of the state’s top elected officials said he doesn’t believe...
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Local coverage of the South Bend People of Praise community, 1977
Sun, Aug 7, 1977 – 30 · The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) · Newspapers.com Later today Trump is expected to announce his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court....
*Piety and Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House*
Journalist Tom LoBianco has published a religious biography of Vice President Mike Pence. I have not read the book, so I cannot endorse it. But I can say that I spent significant time on the phone with LoBianco as he...
Interpreting the Billy and Helen Sunday Home
Since Messiah College started the Digital Harrisburg Initiative a few years ago, I have developed a real appreciation for digital and public history projects at small colleges and universities. In 2011, I spent a day at Grace College in Winona...
Evangelicals Call for Renewable Energy in Indiana
21,000 evangelicals that is. Learn more from Rebecca Thiele’s piece at WFYI (Indianapolis). A taste: A group of evangelicals in Indiana wants the state to expand wind and solar energy. The Evangelical Environmental Network delivered more than 21,000 signatures to Gov. Eric...
Just To Be Clear: Mike Pence Did Not Orchestrate the Battle of Tippecanoe
Last night on Twitter (@johnfea1) I had some fun with the news that Mike Pence’s private e-mail account was hacked while he was governor of Indiana. None of my Pence tweets really happened. This was sarcasm. It appears there are...
Ted Cruz Tried to Make an Honest Stand
Like the Magic Rat’s stand in Jungleland, Cruz’s stand in Indiana did not end well. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltV7Cp8-ylo&w=420&h=315]...
Gay Rights vs. Religious Rights in Indiana
Indiana Governor Mike Pence There has been a lot of conversation in the last few days about Indiana’s new religious liberty bill. Liberals think it is anti-gay and thus discriminatory. Conservatives, and especially Christian conservatives who oppose gay marriage, think...