Sharon Delgado

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  • Creation: Moving from Awe to Lament to Resistance

    Creation: Moving from Awe to Lament to Resistance

    Lenten Series: #6, A Spiritual Foundation for Resistance to Empire This post includes excerpts from Sharon’s book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation. Creation: Moving from Awe to Lament to Resistance The terrible silence of God in response to Christ’s prayer in Gethsemane was more than a deathly stillness. Mystics have felt it too,…

  • The Death of Jesus in Context

    The Death of Jesus in Context

    As we move through the story of Jesus’s death and on to resurrection, we return to the primary themes of this Lenten blog series on “Creation, Cross, and the Powers.” This story is often told as if it all took place removed from the context of both creation and the powers. It is treated not…

  • Extraordinary Temptations

    Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4: 1-13, Mark 1:9-15 The suggested Bible readings for the first Sunday in Lent are always about Jesus encountering the devil in the wilderness. This is the perfect theme for this second post of my Lenten series, “Creation, Cross, and The Powers.” Jesus has just been baptized. He has received an extraordinary…

  • 2. Two Crosses: A Divided Christianity

    Second Post in a Blog Series on the Christian Right This series of posts on The Christian Right includes excerpts from my new book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation: Following Jesus, Engaging the Powers, Transforming the World. If you Contact me with the words “free chapter,” I will send you a free chapter of the book.…

  • Online Book Launch Event

    https://vimeo.com/721807957 This online Launch Day Event celebrating the release of my new book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation, was hosted by Richenda Fairhurst on June 14 as part of the Multifaith Climate Cafe. This event focuses primarily on Chapter 4, “Creation Crucified: The Passion of the Earth.”  The host, Richenda Fairhurst, wrote an…

  • My New Books Have Arrived!

      Hi Friends, My new books are finally here: 100 copies of The Cross in the Midst of Creation. The official launch day is June 14, but I ordered these from Fortress, and they were delivered early.  Hooray! Although I signed the contract for this book in May of 2020, it has been in the…

  • If You Want Peace, Work for Justice

    Progressive Christian Social Action “If You Want Peace, Work for Justice” or “The Things that Make for Peace” A sermon preached by the Reverend Sharon Delgado on June 7, 2020, at Nevada City United Methodist Church Kahlil Gibran once wrote, “And the tears you shed, my grieving one, they are sweeter than the laughing of…

  • “Poverty Amid Pandemic: The Moral Response to Covid 19”

    Progressive Christian Social Action Poverty Amid Pandemic: The Moral Response to Covid 19 The Rev. Dr. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign This post is the transcript of The Moral Response to Covid 19, an address given by The Rev. Dr. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign on April 9, 2020.  His address…

  • The Wood is Dry

    Progressive Christian Social Action The Wood is Dry “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children…  For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” Luke 23:31 This morning the tears finally came. Friends, the wood is dry.  People are…

  • Lent and COVID 19

    Progressive Christian Social Action Lent and Covid 19 This Lenten season is unlike any other I have lived through, with the threat of serious illness and death all around, businesses shuttered, people losing their jobs, the stock market crashing, social isolation, and responsibilities that people don’t know how they can meet. So many of us…