by adrienne | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026
On Feb. 23, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the keynote at Carnegie Hall to honor the 100th birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois. In his speech, he identified the primary obstacle to freedom: a “poisonous fog of lies.” This fog was a deliberate myth of inferiority,...
by corneliuscorps | Feb 19, 2026 | 2026, Weekly Reflection
This year Black History Month is a time of both celebration and apprehension. We celebrate the 100th anniversary of the origins of Black History Month. The scholar and historian Carter G. Woodson developed Black History Week as a time to lift up the accomplishments...
by corneliuscorps | Feb 12, 2026 | 2026, Weekly Reflection
This week a group of Buddhist monks completed their Walk for Peace from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, DC. Along the way, millions of people came out to see them and to experience this amazing witness for peace even as our nation continues to be bitterly divided....
by stephen | Feb 6, 2026 | 2026
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. Fear not, for I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33, ESV). This declaration of Jesus was made to his disciples on the eve of his tribulation. Since then,...
by Greg Merlo | Jan 30, 2026 | 2026
On the weekend that many Christians paused to remember the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., worship and witness collided in St. Paul, Minnesota. A service was disrupted by protesters calling for justice after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer...
by corneliuscorps | Jan 22, 2026 | 2026, Weekly Reflection
What happened to Liam? A distraught pre-school teacher in Minneapolis is dreading this question that her students are bound to ask. Five year old Liam Ramos is one of her students. He and his father were recently abducted by ICE as Liam’s father picked...
