by corneliuscorps | May 29, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
This week marked the 5th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, MN. It became a major inflection point that led to a time of “racial reckoning” in which national attention was paid to the reality of systemic racism in...
by corneliuscorps | May 22, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
This week marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925). Many of us including most white people were taught to see him as the opposite of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the turbulent 1960’s. Malcolm was portrayed as...
by corneliuscorps | May 15, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
The dictionary defines the word “refugee” as follows: “a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.” There are millions of refugees around the world who live in horrible...
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...
