Category: Jesus
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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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A Deeper Understanding of Hope
Greetings friends, on this New Year’s Day, 2026. In just thirteen days, the revised edition of my book, Love in a Time of Climate Change, will be released by Fortress Press. As that time approaches, I will be posting excerpts from the book. Today’s excerpt from the new preface is about hope. A Deeper Understanding…
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Light in the Darkness
“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 In this Christmas season, with all its joys and sorrows, we celebrate the light of Christ that has come into the world. One very bright light in my life is the birth of my great-grandaughter—a baby who is welcomed with…