Sharon Delgado

Pastor, Author, Speaker, Activist

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Year: 2014

  • The Joy of Living

    This is my third day of recuperation from knee surgery—miniscus repair.  I’m resting and reading, getting good care from Guari, making my way around on a walker. This “time off” couldn’t have come at a better time.  These past months I’ve been going through a transformative period in my life, and now… I’m doing one…

  • 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…

  • Amends and Healing for Mother Earth

    Many wonderful altars are featured at this year’s annual Altar Show at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, which runs from November 8-16.   This year Earth Justice Ministries created an altar dedicated to Mother Earth and the Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. Our altar includes photos of a Ritual of Amends and Healing for…

  • A Call for an Investment Screen on Fossil Fuels

    A Call for an Investment Screen on Fossil Fuels A Presentation to the United Methodist General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits by the Reverend Sharon Delgado, November 13, 2014 My name is Sharon Delgado.  I’m a retired clergy woman in the California Nevada Annual Conference.  I’m here today representing our conference Advocacy and Justice…

  • Arrested While Dancing at Beale

    On Tuesday morning I was arrested again at Beale Air Force Base while dancing at the main gate.  Eight others were arrested with me, while demonstrating peace through the Dances of Universal Peace. We were cited and released. Two other demonstrators had been arrested the day before, on Monday:  John Auer, another ordained United Methodist…

  • Campaign Nonviolence Arrests at Beale

    On Monday afternoon, September 29, two anti-drone demonstrators were arrested for trespassing onto Beale Air Force Base.  My good friend, The Reverend John Auer, a retired United Methodist pastor from Fresno, offered a prayer for peace and for the earth.  Then he crossed the line onto base property, assisted by my beloved, Guarionex Delgado.  He…

  • Resolution: A Call to Stop Drone Killings

      This resolution was passed without debate on the consent calendar at the 2014 California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, held in Burlingame, California, in June 2014. Be it resolved: That the California-Nevada Annual Conference affirms the 2012 General Conference Resolution 6128, Seeking Peace in Afghanistan, which includes a call for: “an immediate…

  • 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…

  • Campaign Nonviolence:  A Call to Transformation

    Why do I engage in nonviolent direct action?  Why will I go back to Beale later this month to demonstrate, even as all the charges against me and other anti-drone demonstrators have been dropped?  Because I believe that through nonviolent action we can be transformed and can contribute to the transformation of the world. Our…

  • Beale Case Dismissed

    The government has dismissed the case against sixteen of us who were arrested last April for civil disobedience at Beale Air Force Base.  Beale, outside Marysville, California, is home of the Global Hawk Drone, a surveillance drone that identifies targets for armed Predator and Reaper drones. We’ll be back!  In fact, we’ll be back later…