by corneliuscorps | Nov 7, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
In this post-election week, many of us are shocked and saddened by the agenda that the majority of Americans chose for our nation. I am not referring to the historical differences between Democrats and Republicans concerning the nature of government. I am referring to...
by corneliuscorps | Oct 31, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
This Weekly Reflection is written by the Rev. Adrienne Reedy. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Cornelius Corps and is a gifted artist, musician, speaker, and writer. I am grateful for the many ways she shares her gifts with our ministry including the...
by corneliuscorps | Oct 24, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Racial stereotypes and racial bias have real and tragic consequences. Thirty five years ago this week there was an infamous case in Boston that illustrates this painful reality. A white man named Charles Stuart made a 911 call to report that he and his pregnant wife...
by corneliuscorps | Oct 17, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 was recently awarded to a Japanese organization called Nihon Hidankyo. This is a group of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Known by the term Hibakusha, these surviors have witnessed to the world...
by corneliuscorps | Oct 10, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Earlier this week marked the one year anniversary of the horrendous October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. The suffering, pain, and death on that day and in the year since are unimaginable for any of us who were not directly impacted. We hear the numbers – over...
by corneliuscorps | Oct 3, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Earlier this week, my wife and I voted in this year’s national election. The process of early voting at our polling place in Virginia was quick and easy. The whole process took less than 10 minutes. Yet 61 years ago during the first week of October, it was a...
