by James Melson | Oct 6, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
In this season when the Presidential election is almost here and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the lives of so many including many connected to the White House, there are some people raising the question, “Why do we still have to talk about race?” A recent...
by James Melson | Sep 29, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
An event that happened 353 years ago this month played a major part in establishing the roots of racism in our nation and in the American church. On September 23, 1667 the Virginia General Assembly passed a law that baptism does not change a person’s status related to...
by James Melson | Sep 22, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
The Rev. Robert Graetz, one of the early white allies of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Ala., with the civil rights icon in an undated photo. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick On September 20, the Rev. Robert Graetz died at the age of 92. His name is probably...
by James Melson | Sep 15, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Today is the 57th anniversary of one of the most tragic chapters in our nation’s struggle for racial justice. On September 15, 1963 four girls were killed when a bomb exploded at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. They were in a downstairs room preparing...
by James Melson | Sep 7, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
For many people, Labor Day marks the official end of summer. Yet the reason it is a national holiday is not to mark the change of seasons. Rather it is to commemorate and celebrate the many contributions of workers and systemic changes that have made life for workers...
