Jerome Stewart – The Word in 120: Refuge and Peace
Refuge and Peace
By Jerome Stewart
There are blessings for those willing to trust in the wisdom of the LORD. His word is our moral compass for righteous living. There is a word defined as refuge. It means a place of safety, shelter, or relief from danger or anxiety. Psalms 46 vs. one says, “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.” There is refuge in knowing the wisdom of God. Proverbs 3 vss. 13 and 14 says; “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding. For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold.”
There are some things money cannot buy. Proverbs 14 vs. 26 says; “In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge.”
God sent Jesus into the world to save mankind from sin. The salvation of Jesus Christ is free. For those willing to trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior, we can find refuge today in the meaning of the words Jesus spoke to His disciples over 2,000 years ago. John 16 vs. 33 He says; “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Not one scintilla, not even a smidgeon of those words will ever change irrespective of the time period. Yet so many people would rather follow the wisdom of man, with his storied track record of failure whenever, it opposes the wisdom of God. Be advised of the words in Number 23 vs.19. The bible says; “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good.”
Psalms 37 vss. 26 thru 31 says; “He is merciful, and lends; And his descendants are blessed. Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell forevermore. For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They arepreserved forever. But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps should slide.” Vss. 37 and 38 says; “Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; For the future of that man is peace. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.”
Let it not be you! Open up God’s word.
Registration open, speakers announced for TedxUSI
Registration open, speakers announced for TedxUSI
Registration is now open for the University of Southern Indiana’s inaugural TEDxUSI, an independently organized TEDx event, hosted by the University as part of the Core Speaker Series. This three-hour event, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 20, will feature engaging talks in the Performance Center with interactive Discover USI sessions in between in the University Center. Attendees can enjoy light refreshments before the event, followed by an hour of thought-provoking talks, a break for hands-on activities and another hour of inspiring presentations.
The event is open to the public at no charge; however, seating is limited, and registration is required. Those interested in attending can register at USI.edu/tedxusi. Speakers have also been announced for the inaugural event. Full bios can be found on the TEDxUSI speakers webpage.
- Dr. Kay Corpus, Integrative and Functional Medicine Physician
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- Soul of Menopause
- Jeff Jones, USI alum, Public School Teacher and Administrator
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- How Storytelling Shapes our Lives
- Dr. Zachary Pilot, USI Assistant Professor of Psychology
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- Double Empathy: How a Lack of True Empathy Fails Autistic People
- Molly Evans, USI student majoring in pre-occupational therapy major
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- TBD
- Hamdi Altowaireb, USI student double majoring in biochemistry and biophysics
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- Changing Perceptions by Giving
- Kristie Frederick Daughtery, USI alumna, Poet and Editor
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- Taylor Swift and the Power of Storytelling
Talks will be recorded and published on the official TEDx YouTube channel, extending their impact to a global audience. For more information visit USI.edu/tedxusi.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of discovering and spreading ideas, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to discovering, debating and spreading ideas that spark conversation, deepen understanding and drive meaningful change. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but today it spans a multitude of worldwide communities and initiatives exploring everything from science and business to education, arts and global issues. In addition to the TED Talks curated from our annual conferences and published on TED.com, we produce original podcasts, short video series, animated educational lessons (TED-Ed) and TV programs that are translated into more than 100 languages and distributed via partnerships around the world. Each year, thousands of independently run TEDx events bring people together to share ideas and bridge divides in communities on every continent. Through the Audacious Project, TED has helped catalyze more than $3 billion in funding for projects that seek to make the world more beautiful, sustainable and just. In 2020, TED launched Countdown, an initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and mobilize a movement for a net-zero future, and in 2023 TED launched TED Democracy to spark a new kind of conversation focused on realistic pathways towards a more vibrant and equitable future. View a full list of TED’s many programs and initiatives.
Governor Braun Signs Executive Order to Review Higher Education Antisemitism Response, Policies
Governor Mike Braun today signed an executive order to review the policies of Indiana’s state educational institutions regarding antisemitism and their response to any acts of antisemitism following the October 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, reiterating Indiana’s support for its Jewish community and condemning antisemitic acts of discrimination and harassment.
“A wave of antisemitism across the country began over a year ago with the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack against Israel, with universities often at the epicenter of these incidents. With this executive order, we are making it clear that Indiana will not tolerate antisemitic discrimination at our state institutions or anywhere else — Jewish Hoosiers should know the state of Indiana condemns antisemitism and stands with them.” — Governor Mike Braun
The executive order directs the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to review the policies of Indiana’s state educational institutions related to antisemitism, and each institution’s response to any acts of antisemitism that have occurred on campus since the October 7 terrorist attack in 2023.
The executive order reiterates Indiana’s longstanding support for Israel and Indiana’s Jewish community and condemns discrimination against Jewish Hoosiers.
Governor Braun’s executive order comes as the Trump administration is also standing up for Jewish students, with President Trump’s Department of Education this week warning universities of their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on their campuses.
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USI Chamber Choir and Irish Traditional Ensemble to present Music in the Irish Tradition March 23
USI Chamber Choir and Irish Traditional Ensemble to present Music in the Irish Tradition March 23
The University of Southern Indiana Philip H. Hagemann Performing Arts Department is proud to present Music in the Irish Tradition, a recital featuring the USI Chamber Choir and Irish Traditional Ensemble. This performance will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 23 in the Second Floor Reading Room in the Rice Library. The event is open to the public at no charge.
The music performed in this concert will also be performed on the USI Chamber Choir 2025 Emerald Isle Tour. The tour will include concerts in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare, Westport, Co. Galway, Castlebar, Co. Mayo and Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish Traditional Ensemble will perform traditional reels, jigs, airs and songs. “This is a lovely evening for all those who celebrate Irish culture during March,” said Daniel Craig, Associate Professor of Music.
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EVSC Meeting Notification
The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet for the regularly scheduled Board meeting Monday, March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM in the Board Room of the EVSC Administration Building located at 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN. Board meetings can also be observed by tuning to EVSC’s radio station, 90.7 WPSR or live streamed online at ttps://www.wpsrhd.com/. During the meeting, as advertised, the Board will hold a Public Hearing regarding the Additional Appropriation for the 2025 General Obligation Bond.
Prior to the regularly scheduled Board meeting, three members of the Board, along with district administrators, will hold a Town Hall beginning at 5:00 PM. This Town Hall is for Vanderburgh County residents to speak directly with Board members in attendance about issues involving EVSC schools. The Town Hall will be held in the Technology and Innovation Center located at 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN. Members of the public who would like to attend the Town Hall should register by completing the Town Hall Registration Form located on our website at district.evscschools.com.
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Gricius series finale walk off gives Vincennes series split
Gricius series finale walk off gives Vincennes series split
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their Mid-West Athletic Conference weekend series Saturday morning against Lewis & Clark Community College in the annual ‘Battle of the Trailblazers’.
The day did not get off to a great start for VU with Lewis & Clark taking game one 10-4 before Vincennes closed out the weekend strong with a big 11-1 victory in game two.
Lewis & Clark opened the morning in game one of the day plating one run in the first to take an early 1-0 lead over VU.
Vincennes would respond and get on the scoreboard in the second after a single by sophomore Damon Kay (Spencer, Ind.) and an RBI double by freshman Carter Gricius (Scottsburg, Ind.).
Gricius would move up to third on a passed ball and later score on a groundout put in play by sophomore Yancey Edlin (Pekin, Ind.) to give the Blazers their first lead of the day at 2-1.
Lewis & Clark would even the score back at 2-2 with a run in the third and take the lead back with three runs in the fourth to hold a 5-2 edge.
Lewis & Clark broke the game open in the sixth with five runs to increase their lead to 10-2.
Vincennes would continue to battle late in game one, getting a lead off solo home run by Carter Gricius in the sixth and back-to-back doubles by freshman Jevan Andrews (Hobart, Ind.) and sophomore Nate Montgomery (Lexington, Ind.) in the seventh.
This would be as close as the Blazers would get however as Lewis & Clark closed out the 10-4 victory in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader.
Sophomore Colton Okes (Evansville, Ind.) got the start on the mound for Vincennes in game one of the day, throwing three-plus innings, allowing three runs, one earned on two hits and striking out one.
Freshman Jacob Allen (Vincennes, Ind.) was the first out of the pen for Vincennes, allowing two runs on one hit in one-third of an inning.
Sophomore Bryce Gross (Bridgeport, Ill.) pitched two and two-thirds innings of relief for VU, allowing five runs on six hits and striking out three.
Freshman Kyle Holder (Mount Vernon, Ind.) pitched the seventh inning for the Trailblazers, allowing two hits in an inning on the mound.
“Colton Okes gave us a chance,” VU Head Baseball Coach Chris Barney said. “We’ve got to swing better earlier in the game. I did something that I haven’t asked Bryce Gross to do all year which is throw 40 to 50 pitches for us and I left him in there thinking we’ve got a chance and they caught up to it. I’m going to wear that one but we’ve still got to play better all the way around, defensively and offensively when we get a chance to do that.”
The Trailblazers looked to bounce back and close out the weekend strong in game two of the day and were able to break the game open early with a monster seven-run second inning.
VU got the inning started with a lead off walk by Carter Gricius. Bryce Gross followed him by reaching on a fielder’s choice and Vincennes got on the board with an RBI single by Yancey Edlin.
Gross came around to score the second run of the inning on a double steal with Edlin before Edlin scored on an RBI single by freshman Evan Doran (Indianapolis, Ind.).
Sophomore Bradyn Douglas (Frankton, Ind.) kept the inning going with an RBI single, with Doran coming around to score on a fielding error to put the Blazers ahead 5-0.
Carter Gricius would cap off the Vincennes scoring in the inning with a big two-RBI single to give the Trailblazers an early 7-0 lead over Lewis & Clark.
Lewis & Clark would get a run on the board in the fourth, with Vincennes immediately responded in a big way in the bottom of the fourth.
VU opened the fourth inning with back-to-back singles by Nate Montgomery and Carter Gricius, before sophomore Corbin Napier (Indianapolis, Ind.) launched a big three-run home run, his first of the season and second home run of his VU career, to move the Vincennes lead to 10-1.
After holding Lewis & Clark scoreless in the fifth the Trailblazers came to bat needing one run to end the game early.
Bradyn Douglas led off the inning with a walk and later moved into scoring position with a stolen base.
Carter Gricius kept his hot bat going, coming through for the Trailblazers with a two-out walk-off RBI double to end the game and give Vincennes the 11-1 series finale victory over Lewis & Clark.
In the two games combined Saturday, Gricius was an outstanding five for six at the plate, with two doubles, a home run, five RBIs and four runs scored.
VU’s game two starter, freshman Grayson Reichert (Shepherdsville, Ky.) also had a big day on the mound, throwing a five inning complete game, allowing one unearned run on just one hit and striking out two.
Reichert was very efficient on the mound right from the start, retiring nine of the first 10 batters he faced on just 28 pitches in the first three innings, going through three innings without allowing a hit.
“It all starts on the mound today with Grayson Reichert,” Barney added. “I thought guys had some big games at the plate. Carter Gricius had three RBIs and the walk off RBI. Obviously Napier hits a three run home run. RBIs by Edlin and Doran. Doran barreled one up and went two for three and an RBI by Douglas. So some things went really well swinging the bats all the way through. It was multiple guys stepping up and doing things for us. That’s what it’s going to take for us to be successful as we continue to play through the conference schedule.”
The Trailblazers will look to keep this positive momentum going as VU gets set to hit the road next week to face Olney Central College Wednesday, March 19 at 3 p.m. eastern in Olney, Ill.
VU will then be on the road Saturday, March 22 for the first two games of their weekend MWAC series with Parkland College in Champaign, Ill. First pitch Saturday is set for 1 p.m. eastern.
The series will then shift to Jerry Blemker Field in Vincennes for the final two games of the weekend slate Sunday, March 23 with first pitch Sunday scheduled for 1 p.m. eastern.
“Hopefully we can start putting consecutive better games back to back instead of playing really well in one and struggling in another,” Barney said. “Our pitchers have got to learn how to step up, throw shut down innings after we score and obviously our hitters have to put hits together back to back to back and push some runs across to make it a little bit easier for us.”
“We had some opportunities on the weekend to do some things and missed,” Barney added. “In the games that we won, we didn’t miss on those opportunities. We were able to take advantage of a lot of mistakes and guys really stepped up.”
BOX SCORE
GAME ONE
Lewis & Clark – 101 305 0 – 10
VU (9-12, 1-6) – 020 001 1 – 4
VINCENNES HITTING
2B – Andrews 2, Gricius, Montgomery. HR – Gricius. RBI – Gricius 2, Montgomery, Edlin. HBP – Johnson.
GAME TWO
Lewis & Clark – 000 10 – 1
VU (10-12, 2-6) – 070 31 – 11
VINCENNES HITTING
2B – Gricius. HR – Napier. RBI – Gricius 3, Napier 3, Edlin, Doran, Douglas. HBP – Fessel, Napier, Montgomery. SB – Douglas, Gross, Montgomery, Edlin.
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The Vincennes University baseball team improves to 10-12 on the season, with a 2-6 record in MWAC Conference play.