by James Melson | Mar 5, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
Wednesday of this week will be the 53rd anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” – the brutal beating of peaceful marchers by Alabama State Troopers as the marchers attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their way from Selma to Montgomery to protest...
by James Melson | Feb 26, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
Since the tragic mass shooting in Parkland, FL that resulted in the deaths of 17 innocent people, we have witnessed high school students in Florida and around the nation standing up, speaking out, and organizing for reforming gun laws. Some have criticized the...
by James Melson | Feb 19, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
We are in the first full week of Lent. This season is often described using the imagery of a journey – the journey of Jesus to the cross and to the empty tomb. Yet this is not just about Jesus’ journey. We are on the journey of life and faith not only...
by James Melson | Feb 12, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
In churches that use the Lectionary for Scripture readings, the gospel for yesterday was the story of the Transfiguration in the gospel of Mark. As Jesus is with three of his disciples on a mountain, his clothes suddenly become gleaming white and Moses and Elijah...
by James Melson | Feb 5, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
During the Super Bowl yesterday, one of the commercials featured an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous sermon of February 4, 1968 called “The Drum Major Instinct.” Even though the intention of the commercial was to focus on the concept...
