by James Melson | Jul 20, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
John Lewis being beaten by an Alabama State Trooper at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL John Lewis’ last public appearance at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC Saturday, July 17 marked the one year anniversary of the death of John Lewis. At the time of...
by James Melson | Jul 14, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Charleston, SC – Houses Along the Historic Battery McLeod Plantation – Slave Cabins Last week I did not write a Weekly Reflection, because Vickie and I were on vacation in Charleston, SC. Charleston is a historic city that embodies both the beauty and pain...
by James Melson | Jul 1, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
July 1 is the 20th anniversary of Cornelius Corps. I want to express my deep gratitude to God and to everyone who has made this ministry possible for the last 20 years. It began in July 2001 after I served for eleven years as the pastor of Christ Crossman UMC in Falls...
by James Melson | Jun 22, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Last Friday Juneteenth was celebrated as a national holiday for the first time. Especially for many white people, the history of what happened on June 19, 1865 was never included in our formal education. On that day, Union General Gordon Granger announced General...
by James Melson | Jun 16, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC This week marks the sixth anniversary of one of the most horrific acts of racial hatred and violence in modern American history. On June 17, 2015 a young white supremacist attended a Bible study at Mother Emmanuel AME...
by James Melson | Jun 10, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Loving Day on June 12 commemorates the 1967 landmark Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage. At the time of the unanimous decision, 16 states still had laws that made interracial marriage illegal. Virginia’s...
