Sharon Delgado

Pastor, Author, Speaker, Activist

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Category: Environment

  • My Response to Doublespeak on Environmental Issues

    There is currently a debate among environmental activists about how to frame issues of concern.  Do we use language that will be acceptable to as many people as possible, in order to build bridges with Tea Party members and other conservatives?  Or do we speak directly to the heart of the problem of climate change…

  • An Engineered Future?

    When I look deeply into the eyes of my grandchildren, sometimes I say, “When I look into your eyes I can see God.”  For me, each precious child is an expression of the divine, an embodiment of Love.  I also know that Spirit is not only manifest through human beings.  The earth and the universe…

  • Fast Track to Hell

    Last week a bill was introduced in Congress that would give Fast Track Authority to the Obama Administration in order to grease the wheels to passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP), a monstrous trade agreement that twelve Pacific Rim nations, including the United States, have been negotiating secretly for four years.  This week is crucial…

  • Hope and Transformation (part 2)

    As I look back over 2013 and consider the outlook for 2014, I see one sign of hope above all:  an awakening of consciousness and conscience among the people of the world.  Let’s hope so, because that’s what we need.  The forces of darkness are gathering, and I don’t mean this as an abstraction.  The…

  • Hope for Transformation

    As 2013 ends and 2014 begins, I carry hope in my heart for transformation, not just personal, but social.  The phrase “another world is possible” is, for me, a matter of faith. There are many children in my life.  I have grandchildren and great grandchildren who live nearby.  I teach Sunday School.  What will the…

  • Seasonal Antidotes to Consumer Culture

    On Sunday the children of our church performed a Christmas pageant, complete with Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds, wise ones, sheep, and a talking donkey.  The children sang Christmas carols and at times the congregation sang along. As I mentioned in my last blog post, The Revolutionary Stories of Baby Jesus, the biblical stories of Jesus’…

  • Gratitude and Cultural Resistance

    Jesus said, “You cannot serve both God and Mammon,” because if you do, your motives and loyalties will be divided.  You will be torn between 1) following the divine will and 2) acquiring money, wealth, worldly possessions, “stuff.”    I write in detail about “Market Fundamentalism:  The Religion of Mammon” in my book, Shaking the Gates of…

  • A Call for Climate Justice

    People around the world have responded swiftly and generously to the devastation in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan, the largest storm ever recorded.  In the wake of this disaster, it is important for us to go beyond simple relief efforts.  We must heed the warnings of climate scientists who point to present disasters and…

  • November Tomatoes and Climate Change

    It’s mid-November, and our plants are still bearing red tomatoes.  The days are  warm, it doesn’t freeze at night, and it hasn’t rained.  Maybe when we lived in Santa Cruz we still had tomatoes in November, but in the Sierra Nevada?  It should be raining or snowing here. Over 50% of the United States is…

  • Climate Change: What do we know? What can we do?

    I am happy to announce the release of my new educational CD, “Climate Change:  What do we know?  What can we do?”  The MP3 version is available to listen to or download below.  Contact me to purchase the CD version ($10).  It will be available through online distributors soon.    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…