by James Melson | Sep 19, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
From Harvey in Houston to Irma and Marie in the Caribbean, images of devastation from these hurricanes result in reactions of both great sadness and great generosity. Millions of dollars have been raised and tons of supplies have been collected for the relief of storm...
by James Melson | Aug 28, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
August 28 is the 62nd and 54th anniversaries of two events that helped to shape the modern civil rights movement. On August 28, 1955, fourteen year old Emmett Till of Chicago was brutally tortured and murdered while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi. His mother...
by James Melson | Aug 24, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
Since August 12, 2017 the name “Charlottesville” has become synonymous with the outbreak of racial bigotry, hatred, and violence that shocked the nation and led to the deaths of three people and the injury of many others. Some of the most extreme...
by James Melson | Aug 11, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
The major news story of this week is the heightened tension between our country and North Korea. The escalating rhetoric of the leaders of both nations is characterized by the apparently improvised “fire and fury” statement of President Trump followed by...
by James Melson | Jul 29, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
My wife and I recently spent a wonderful week in Maine visiting long time friends and ministry colleagues. We left the high heat and humidity of Washington, DC for the cool clear summer days of coastal Maine. I expected that part of our trip. What I did not expect was...
by James Melson | Jul 5, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
Before the night time fireworks on July 4, I spent some of this year’s Independence Day at the Frederick Douglass House Historic Site in Washington, DC. This beautiful location known as Cedar Hill is where Frederick Douglass lived from 1870 to his death in...
