by corneliuscorps | May 8, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
A major focus of the ministry of Cornelius Corps is to teach and reflect on the witness of the modern Civil Rights Movement as a resource for faith based nonviolent action for racial justice today. There has not been a time in the 24 year history of our ministry when...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 24, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
On Sunday Christians around the world celebrated Easter. In Rome an ailing and fragile Pope Francis spoke briefly and was driven around St. Peter’s Square to the delight of thousands gathered there. The next day the news spread quickly that the Pope had died....
by corneliuscorps | Apr 17, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
This year the story of Holy Week resonates clearly with current realities in our nation. Holy Week refers to the Biblical accounts of the last week of Jesus’ life including his death on the cross and resurrection. An essential aspect of the story is that...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 10, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
Eighty years ago this week on April 9, 1945 the German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazis just days before he would have been liberated by Allied troops. Although he is most famous for being a Christian martyr, the focus of his life...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 3, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
It seems that every day there are new stories about chaos and trauma in our nation and around the world caused by the actions of the Trump administration. One of the most disturbing to me is related to the recent horrific earthquake in Myanmar. So far the number of...
by corneliuscorps | Mar 27, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
A very disturbing video and news story came to light this week because of footage captured by a doorbell camera. It showed several DHS agents approaching, arresting, and detaining Rumeysa Osturk a Turkish woman who is a doctural student at Tufts University. She is a...
