Sharon Delgado

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Category: Pandemic

  • 4. The Christian Right’s Authoritarian God

    Fourth Post in a Blog Series on the Christian Right This series of posts on The Christian Right includes excerpts from my new book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation: Following Jesus, Engaging the Powers, Transforming the World. If you Contact me with the words “free chapter,” I will send you a free chapter of the book.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…