Sharon Delgado

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Category: Holy Days

  • Creation: Moving from Awe to Lament to Resistance

    Being-at-one is not individualist self-realization but moves beyond that to change death-oriented reality. Being-at-one shares itself and realizes itself in the ways of resistance.             Dorothee Soelle Lent is always a fruitful time for me, a time to reset my focus and reestablish practices that nourish my soul. Prayer is at…

  • Extraordinary Temptations

    Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4: 1-13, Mark 1:9-15 The suggested Bible readings for the first Sunday in Lent are always about Jesus encountering the devil in the wilderness. This is the perfect theme for this second post of my Lenten series, “Creation, Cross, and The Powers.” Jesus has just been baptized. He has received an extraordinary…

  • Creation, Cross, and The Powers

    “Remember O Mortal that you are dust, and to dust you will return.” I started today with a sparsely attended early morning Ash Wednesday service. On this first day of Lent, I heard these words that resound through the ages as ashes were used to make the sign of the cross on my forehead. The…

  • My New Books Have Arrived!

      Hi Friends, My new books are finally here: 100 copies of The Cross in the Midst of Creation. The official launch day is June 14, but I ordered these from Fortress, and they were delivered early.  Hooray! Although I signed the contract for this book in May of 2020, it has been in the…

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • Lent and COVID 19

    Progressive Christian Social Action Lent and Covid 19 This Lenten season is unlike any other I have lived through, with the threat of serious illness and death all around, businesses shuttered, people losing their jobs, the stock market crashing, social isolation, and responsibilities that people don’t know how they can meet. So many of us…

  • Lent: Going Deeper

    Progressive Christian Social Action Lent:  Going Deeper This post was published at the beginning of Lent in 2017 as “A Lenten Call to Resist.”  It is the first post of a Lenten series that offers a progressive Christian understanding of Jesus’ life, death, and post-death appearances.   The links to the other posts in the series…

  • Never Again: Protest is Our Prayer

    Progressive Christian Social Action Never Again!  Protest is Our Prayer On this Monday of Holy Week, reflections on the events that led to the death of Jesus merge with events that are taking place today.  As in Jesus’ day, today’s ruling Powers are entrenched in control by domination and violence.  People who seek to change…

  • Lent: A Call to Resist

    Progressive Christian Social Action Lent:  A Call to Resist This post was published at the beginning of Lent last year, 2017, as “A Lenten Call to Resist.”  It is the first post of a Lenten series that offers a progressive Christian understanding of Jesus’ life, death, and post-death appearances.   The links to the other posts…