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2025
Weekly Reflection: Following in Their Footsteps
A major focus of the ministry of Cornelius Corps is to teach and reflect on the witness of the...
Weekly Reflection: Walking the Way of Jesus
On Sunday Christians around the world celebrated Easter. In Rome an ailing and fragile Pope...
Weekly Reflection: Holy Week Injustice – Then and Now
This year the story of Holy Week resonates clearly with current realities in our nation. Holy Week...
Weekly Reflection: Christian Nationalism vs. Discipleship
Eighty years ago this week on April 9, 1945 the German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
Weekly Reflection: The Purpose of Prophets
It seems that every day there are new stories about chaos and trauma in our nation and around the...
Weekly Reflection: First They Came For…
A very disturbing video and news story came to light this week because of footage captured by a...
Weekly Reflection: DEI Danger and Determination
The ongoing weaponization of DEI continues to pose dangers to our ability to learn the history of...
Weekly Reflection: The Courageous Teachers of Selma
This month marks the 60th anniversary of some of the famous and momentous events in the Selma...
Weekly Reflection: “Get In The Way”
This week on March 7 marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous and tragic events of the...
Weekly Reflection: The End of Black History Month
"The End of Black History Month" takes on two very different meanings this year. On the one hand...
Weekly Reflection: Listen to the Elders While We Can
Sixty five years ago this month, four freshmen at North Carolina A&T sat-in at the Woolworth's...
Weekly Reflection: “Sing Together!”
This Weekly Reflection is written by Cornelius Corps Board member The Rev. Steve Reedy. The video...
2024
Weekly Reflection: Memorial Day DNB
This week our nation observed Memorial Day, a time to remember those who lost their lives in our...
Weekly Reflection: The Power of Kinship in Divisive Times
During these times characterized by daily reports of division, fear, and hatred, I came across a...
Weekly Reflection: Brown at 70 – Celebrate and Lament
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision that...
Weekly Reflection: Terrorism on Mother’s Day
This Sunday is Mother's Day. It is a time to honor and remember the nurturing love of our...
Weekly Reflection: The Right to Protest for Right
The protests about the Israel-Gaza war on college campuses around the country continue to be a...
Compromising Freedom
Sometimes lesser known parts of our nation's history have major impacts on the legacy of racial...
Weekly Reflection: From Condemned Convict to City Council
Thirty five years ago on April 19, 1989, a woman was brutally beaten and raped in New York City's...
Weekly Reflection: Before Martin There Was Marian
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC was the site of one of the best known events in the...
Weekly Reflection: Pleas for Peace Then and Now
Fifty seven years ago this week on April 4, 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the...
Weekly Reflection: Breaking the Cycle of Violence and Hatred
During this Holy Week, Christians in this country and around the world commemorate the suffering,...
Weekly Reflection: An Infamous Anniversary
100 years ago this week, Virginia passed an infamous piece of legislation called “The Racial...
Weekly Reflection: The Double Struggle
During Women’s History Month, we celebrate the contributions of women who engaged in the struggle...
2023
Weekly Reflection: The Choice Between Bull and Jackie
For baseball fans, October brings the excitement of the Major League playoffs culminating in the...
Weekly Reflection: How Long Does It Hurt?
The old black and white pictures from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s seem like...
Weekly Reflection: “The Uncomfortable Lessons Often Teach Us the Most”
Last week many people around our nation paused to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the bombing...
Weekly Reflection: “We All Did It”
This week on September 15 is the 60th anniversary of one of the most horrific events of the modern...
Weekly Reflection: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Economic Justice
Monday of this week was Labor Day. For most people in our society, this holiday has come to mean...
Weekly Reflection: King’s Dream – Recommitting or Retreating?
On Monday of this week, the nation observed the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for...
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