Sharon Delgado

Pastor, Author, Speaker, Activist

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Year: 2012

  • Hope for Transformation

    As 2012 ends and 2013 begins, I carry hope in my heart for transformation, not just personal, but social.  The phrase “another world is possible” is very real to me.  It is, for me, a matter of faith. There are many children in my life.  I have grandchildren and great grandchildren who live nearby.  I…

  • Slaughter of the Innocents

    As Christmas music fades and Christmas trees get taken down, the nativity scene is still on the altar at our church.  It will still be there next Sunday, on Epiphany, the day we remember the Magi who brought gifts to present to the Christ Child. The story of the Magi, from the gospel of Matthew,…

  • The Myth of Redemptive Violence

    Around the country, people are polarized about whether gun control or widespread ownership of guns would make us safer.  My earlier posts on this topic also touched on the U.S. culture of violence and the growing economic inequity, which is violent in itself and is linked to increasing violence.  Today’s post addresses the violent “myth”…

  • Hope in the Face of Violence

      In my previous post, Light in this Present Darkness, I described some of the factors that contribute to the violent social milieu in which we live, and which make mass killings more likely.  I also spoke about the need for us to awaken to what is at stake and to commit ourselves to doing…

  • Past Blog Posts

    Previous Blog Postings Friends, I started this blog in December, 2012. You can find my previous blog postings at http://sharondelgadoblog.blogspot.com.

  • Light in this Present Darkness

    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 children acted out the story of the birth of a special child.  Following the killings at Shady Hook Elementary, a shroud of darkness has…

  • Witnessing at Beale

    On January 8, 2013, the “Beale 9” will stand trial in federal court in Sacramento.  On October 30 I joined about 100 people for a demonstration at Beale Air Force Base calling for an end to drone warfare.  Beale is home to the Global Hawk Drone, a surveillance drone that is used to determine drone…

  • Celebrating in Ways that Bring Joy

    There are many ways to celebrate the coming of the light in this dark season of the year, including the Winter Solstice, Hanukah, Kwanza, and Christmas.  Christmas is supposedly a Christian holiday, but the orgy of consumption that accompanies this holiday in the United States makes that questionable.  How ironic it is that people celebrate…