by corneliuscorps | Aug 14, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Along with many others, I spent much of the last two weeks watching the Olympics in Paris. There were so many interesting and compelling events and athletes. Yet it was the last athlete in the last event that touched and inspired millions of viewers in an unexpected...
by corneliuscorps | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
August 2 is the 100th birthday of the American prophet James Baldwin. In the Biblical tradition, a prophet was not primarily someone who foretold the future. Rather the prophet was a person called by God to speak the word of God into a particular historical context....
by corneliuscorps | Jul 18, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Since the horrific assassination attempt against former President Trump that killed one man and wounded two others, politicians and the media call for us to dial back the heated rhetoric that has characterized our political environment for nearly a decade. It seems...
by corneliuscorps | Jul 11, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
This month is the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous and important civil rights legistlation in our nation’s history. On July 2, 1964 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Johnson. It prohibited racial discrimination in a variety...
by corneliuscorps | Jul 4, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Our best known and celebrated national holiday is The Fourth of July. On this date each summer, we commemorate the commitment and courage of those who issued The Declaration of Independence in 1776. In declaring independence from Great Britain and the establishment of...
by corneliuscorps | Jun 27, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Last week our nation observed Juneteenth. It became our most recent national holiday in 2021. By now most people know the basic story behind the holiday. On June 19th, 1865 enslaved people in Texas finally received word that the Civil War was over and they were free....
