by James Melson | Sep 15, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Today is the 57th anniversary of one of the most tragic chapters in our nation’s struggle for racial justice. On September 15, 1963 four girls were killed when a bomb exploded at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. They were in a downstairs room preparing...
by James Melson | Sep 7, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
For many people, Labor Day marks the official end of summer. Yet the reason it is a national holiday is not to mark the change of seasons. Rather it is to commemorate and celebrate the many contributions of workers and systemic changes that have made life for workers...
by James Melson | Aug 31, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Over the past several weeks, a variety of professional sports started up again and developed plans for continuing during the pandemic. However last week the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team boycotted one of their playoff games to focus attention on the killing of Jacob...
by James Melson | Aug 24, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Removing the Stonewall Jackson Monument in Richmond, VA Removing the JEB Stuart Monument in Richmond, VA Last week I did not write a Weekly Reflection, because Vickie and I were in the process of moving to the Richmond, VA metro area after 30 years in the Washington,...
by James Melson | Aug 10, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Ground Zero in Hiroshima August 6, 1945 Cathedral of St. Mary in Nagasaki Destroyed by the Atomic Bomb August 9, 1945 This past week, numbers of deaths too many to imagine were cited in two very different news stories. One is the current and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....
by James Melson | Aug 3, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Last Thursday was the funeral of John Lewis at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. It was an inspiring time of song, prayer, and numerous moving eulogies including past Presidents and the Rev. James Lawson who was the preeminent teacher of...
