by James Melson | May 11, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Last week a special Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Ida B. Wells 89 years after her death. The award citation reads, “For her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.” She was born...
by James Melson | May 4, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
As we continue to endure this time of pandemic, the number of lives lost to COVID-19 is staggering. Last week virus related deaths surpassed 58,220, the number of Americans killed in the nearly 20 years of the Viet Nam war. Today is the 50th anniversary of four lives...
by James Melson | Apr 27, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact people around the world, there is a commonly expressed sentiment that “we are all in this together.” There is some truth to this especially from the standpoint that regardless of nationality, race, or gender all human...
by James Melson | Apr 20, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
As we enter another week of the COVID -19 pandemic, the numbers can be overwhelming – the number of people infected, the number of those who died, the number of unemployed people, the number of people needing emergency assistance including food, medicine,...
by James Melson | Apr 13, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
We will remember yesterday’s Easter as one like none other in our life time. Instead of churches being full with the highest attendance of the year, the vast majority of churches were empty as many Christians worshipped using some kind of online platform if available....
