Year: 2026
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Santa Marta Conference: Envisioning the Transformation of the World
I have been paying attention to the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, which met in Santa Marta, Colombia during the last week of April. As Convener of Fossil Free UMC and a member of the Coordinating Team of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, I wrote this article for United Methodist…
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New Creation: An Easter Reflection
This is the final post of the 2026 Lenten Series: A Spiritual Foundation for Resistance to Empire This post includes excerpts from Sharon’s book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation. New Creation: An Easter Reflection “In the midst of suffering and death— be it individual, social, or ecological— the promise given to the Earth…
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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,…
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Jesus, Resister: Palm/Passion Sunday
Image: “Bad Day on Wall Street,” Russell Brutche, used by permission Lenten Series: #5, A Spiritual Foundation for Resistance to Empire This post includes excerpts from “Chapter 5: Jesus and the Powers,” in Sharon’s book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation. Jesus, Resister: Palm/Passion Sunday All four Gospels portray the religious leaders criticizing Jesus’s…
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Reflecting on the Cross: The Sweetness of Tears
Lenten Series: #4, Spiritual Foundations of Resistance to Empire This post includes excerpts from “Practicing Prayer: The Depths of God,” which is Chapter 9 of Sharon’s book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation. Reflecting on the Cross: The Sweetness of Tears “The tears you shed, my sorrowful friend, are purer than the laughter of…
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The God Who Creates is the God Who Saves
Cherry tree in late snow, image by Sharon Delgado Lenten Series: #3, Spiritual Foundations of Resistance to Empire This post includes excerpts from “Creation Crucified: The Passion of the Earth,” which is Chapter 4 of Sharon’s book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation. The God Who Creates is the God Who Saves “I lift…
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The Temptation of Jesus: Resisting Cultural Possession
Image used with permission by Mr. Beardy Arts Lenten Series: #2, A Spiritual Foundation for Resistance to Empire This post includes excerpts from “Chapter 5: Jesus and the Powers,” in Sharon’s book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation. “The Temptation of Jesus: Resisting Cultural Possession” There is a call in life to come to…
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Ash Wednesday 2026: Ashes and Apocalypse
Lenten Series: #1 A Spiritual Foundation for Resistance to Empire Ash Wednesday 2026: Ashes and Apocalypse Today I welcome this first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday, with its dual focus on repentance and mortality, symbolized by the imposition of ashes. The suggested church readings for Ash Wednesday are varied, but the words from Joel 2…
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A Review by Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
A Review of the Revised Edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change by the Reverend Richenda Fairhurst Also at: Love in a Time of Climate Change: A Review | UMC Creation Justice Overview: Recommend Rev. Sharon Delgado’s newly revised Love in a Time of Climate Change is a tour de force. It maps the…
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Awakening to New Ways of Seeing the World (Part 2)
Now that the revised edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change, has been released by Fortress Press, I am posting excerpts. Today’s excerpt is the second of two parts about awakening to new ways of seeing the world, sometimes painful, sometimes exhilarating. Soon after the first edition of Love in a Time of…