Sharon Delgado

Pastor, Author, Speaker, Activist

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Year: 2020

  • Seasonal Thoughts on Climate Justice

    Progressive Christian Social Action Seasonal Thoughts on Climate Justice This post was published as A Seasonal Reflection on Climate Justice in the Grass Valley Union on December 19, 2020. During this season, Christmas carols feature angels singing “peace on earth, goodwill to men” (meaning all) and choruses proclaiming, “Let heaven and nature sing.” These words…

  • What to Do if there is an Attempted US Coup

    Progressive Christian Social Action What to Do if there is an Attempted US Coup We are people aligned with various local groups who are concerned that if President Donald Trump loses in the upcoming election he will refuse to concede power even if the results are clear. We are organizing locally, as are thousands of…

  • Why Nonviolent Direct Action?

    Progressive Christian Social Action Friends, I wrote this post and recorded it for Youtube as we were getting ready for a peaceful march on October 4th for racial equity, inclusion, and peace.  Although the march is over, I wrote this to share why I believe nonviolent direct action is important in social change. People sometimes…

  • Reflections on September 11

    Progressive Christian Social Action Reflections on September 11: The Infernal Whirlwind: Violence, Terror, and War You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your power and in the multitude of your warriors, therefore the tumult of war shall rise against your people, and all…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • George Floyd: Say His Name

    “In resistance people live most humanly. No to death means yes to life.” Twentieth-century theologian William Stringfellow Our organization, Earth Justice Ministries, is deeply committed to the principle and practice of nonviolence. We promote disciplined nonviolence in word and deed in our personal lives and organized, cooperative nonviolent action in public demonstrations. Nevertheless, we recognize…

  • Car Rally Urges Release of Persons Detained by ICE

    Car rally urges release of persons detained by ICE Because justice requires action, I am sharing this article that I submitted to the Grass Valley Union last week, following a car rally that several of us participated in at the Yuba County Jail, the only remaining ICE detention center in Northern California.  Please take a…

  • “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…