Sharon Delgado

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Category: Violence and Nonviolence

  • Jesus, Resister: Palm/Passion Sunday

    Jesus, Resister: Palm/Passion Sunday

    Image: “Bad Day on Wall Street,” Russell Brutche, used by permission 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. Jesus, Resister: Palm/Passion Sunday All four Gospels portray the religious leaders criticizing Jesus’s…

  • Awakening to New Ways of Seeing the World (Part 1)

    Awakening to New Ways of Seeing the World (Part 1)

    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 first of two parts about awakening to new ways of seeing the world, sometimes painful, sometimes exhilarating. There are times in life when we are offered new ways…

  • The Cleansing the Temple: Direct Action as Exorcism

    The Cleansing the Temple: Direct Action as Exorcism

    “Bad Day on Wall Street” by Russell Brutsche, used with permission Here we go further in this Holy Week Series, “Why Did Jesus Die: The Story Without the Dogma,” about what led up to Jesus’ death and post-death appearances. My previous post highlights Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem as a demonstration of An Alternative to Empire.…

  • What to Do if there is an Attempted US Coup

    Progressive Christian Social Action What to Do if there is an Attempted US Coup We are people aligned with various local groups who are concerned that if President Donald Trump loses in the upcoming election he will refuse to concede power even if the results are clear. We are organizing locally, as are thousands of…

  • Why Nonviolent Direct Action?

    Progressive Christian Social Action Friends, I wrote this post and recorded it for Youtube as we were getting ready for a peaceful march on October 4th for racial equity, inclusion, and peace.  Although the march is over, I wrote this to share why I believe nonviolent direct action is important in social change. People sometimes…

  • Reflections on September 11

    Progressive Christian Social Action Reflections on September 11: The Infernal Whirlwind: Violence, Terror, and War You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your power and in the multitude of your warriors, therefore the tumult of war shall rise against your people, and all…

  • George Floyd: Say His Name

    “In resistance people live most humanly. No to death means yes to life.” Twentieth-century theologian William Stringfellow Our organization, Earth Justice Ministries, is deeply committed to the principle and practice of nonviolence. We promote disciplined nonviolence in word and deed in our personal lives and organized, cooperative nonviolent action in public demonstrations. Nevertheless, we recognize…

  • Resisting Banks that Fund Climate Change

    Progressive Christian Social Action   Resisting Banks that Fund Climate Change Re-posted here on United Methodist Insight e-magazine. On September 25, 2019, during the week of the Global Climate Strike, I participated in an action in San Francisco that focused on big banks, in solidarity with the millions of children, young people, and their allies…

  • #MeToo–I Didn’t Tell Either

    Progressive Christian Social Action #MeToo—I Didn’t Tell Either. No one wants to tell about their own sexual assault, but I feel compelled to do so in solidarity with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who is being viciously maligned for speaking out about being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh so many years ago. These…

  • In Sacramento With the Poor People’s Campaign

    Progressive Christian Social Action In Sacramento With the Poor People’s Campaign For the past several weeks, I have been going to Sacramento on Mondays to join in the Poor People’s Campaign demonstrations at the California State Capitol. Similar demonstrations are taking place across the country at over thirty state capitols and in Washington, D.C. The…