Sharon Delgado

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  • Love Wins

    Progressive Christian Social Action Love Wins Last night I wept. This morning I’m sick at heart. The community I love is divided like never before. Oh, but here come the quail, out from the blackberry bushes, dozens of them. When I sit out on the deck writing in the morning, they tolerate me if I…

  • Climate Trial: #AllEyesOnJuliana

    Progressive Christian Social Action Climate Trial: #AllEyesOnJuliana Tomorrow, June 4, in Portland Oregon, at 2 p.m. Pacific Time, three judges of the Ninth Circuit will hear Trump Administration lawyers who seek to stop the progress of a high-stakes trial related to climate change: Juliana vs. the United States.  The lawsuit is being brought by a…

  • #MeToo–I Didn’t Tell Either

    Progressive Christian Social Action #MeToo—I Didn’t Tell Either. No one wants to tell about their own sexual assault, but I feel compelled to do so in solidarity with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who is being viciously maligned for speaking out about being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh so many years ago. These…

  • Never Again: Protest is Our Prayer

    Progressive Christian Social Action Never Again!  Protest is Our Prayer On this Monday of Holy Week, reflections on the events that led to the death of Jesus merge with events that are taking place today.  As in Jesus’ day, today’s ruling Powers are entrenched in control by domination and violence.  People who seek to change…

  • Climate Change-What Love Requires

    Progressive Christian Social Action Climate Change-What Love Requires This post is an excerpt from Love in a Time of Climate Change, published at the Evangelicals for Social Action website. It was love that brought me to this jail cell. – Sandra Steingraber When my granddaughter Nikayla was ten years old, climate change became real to her.…

  • Teaching Children about Creation… and Evolution

    Progressive Christian Social Action Teaching Children about Creation… and Evolution I have a collection of children’s books about creation that I read to my grandchildren and to the Sunday school children in my church. Some of the books present the seven-day sequence from Genesis 1, with colorful pictures showing the emergence of light and dark,…

  • Light in this Present Darkness-Reposted

    I am reposting “Light in this Present Darkness,” which I posted three years ago.  It is just as relevant today, as mass shootings continue. In the midst of winter darkness, people of various spiritual traditions are preparing to celebrate the return of the light.  For me, this year’s Christmas pageant was especially poignant, as the…

  • Seasonal Antidotes to Consumer Culture

    In this week or so before Christmas, I’ve been very much involved with family and friends.  I’ve been to two pageants, the Nutcracker, family gatherings, a song circle, a Solstice potluck with friends, and birthday celebrations-with more to come.  I am re-posting this message, Seasonal Antidotes to Consumer Culture, from last December 21, relevant again…

  • Do We Have the Wisdom to Survive?

      Fires are burning week after week again this year here in the West.   The smoky skies aggravate asthma, give people headaches, burn people’s eyes, and make people grouchy.  We are warned to stay indoors due to unsafe levels of particulates.  As climate change continues to accelerate, other people in other places are also…

  • They’re Just like Us

        When my grandchildren, Alex and Malina, were recognized for raising money for mosquito nets for the Imagine No Malaria Campaign, Alex explained, “They’re just like us.”    Just ten years old, and already they have empathy and can imagine how these other children must feel, even children who live halfway around the world. This…