by corneliuscorps | May 21, 2026 | Weekly Reflection
This week the Rev. Ellis Crum offers a reflection on both the dangers of fear based exclusion and a call to develop our moral imagination. While religious nationalism is an example of the former, practicing the Way of Jesus provides an alternative that leads to the...
by corneliuscorps | May 14, 2026 | Weekly Reflection
National headlines have focused on Congressional redistricting over the past couple weeks since the Supreme Court’s Callais v. Louisiana decision. Nowhere has felt the impact more than Tennessee. Its one majority Black discrict that included the majority Black...
by corneliuscorps | May 7, 2026 | Weekly Reflection
This week’s reflection is by the Rev. Adrieene Reedy. She is the chair of the Cornelius Corps Board of Directors. More importantly, she and her husband Steve are the parents of three bi-racial young men. In commemoration of Mother’s Day, Adrienne offers...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 30, 2026 | Weekly Reflection
This has been a difficult time for any of us who long for signs of peace and justice in our nation. Within the same week, there was politically motivated violence aimed at the President, the Secretary of Defense advocating for a military budget of over a trillion...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 23, 2026 | Weekly Reflection
This is the second of a two part reflection by The Rev. Ellis Crum, a United Methodist pastor who serves on the Board of Directors of the Cornelius Corps. In this powerful piece, he challenges himself and all of us to be honest about the ways we quietly say...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 16, 2026 | Weekly Reflection
With all the news and media distractions lately, it was easy to miss an important United Nations resolution naming chattel slavery of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. Cornelius Corps Board member The Rev. Ellis Crum shares a two part reflection on this...
