Sharon Delgado

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  • Resting Up after Annual Conference

    I’m still resting up after last week’s trip to Burlingame for the 2014 California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.  I took three of my grandchildren with me.  They attended the Annual Conference youth program during the day, and we spent time together at night. Alex and Malina, both ten years old, were recognized…

  • The Things that Make for Peace

    I delivered this message at the Ash Wednesday worship service at Beale Air Force Base. As Jesus came near and saw the city, he wept over it,  saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.  Indeed, the days will come…

  • 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…

  • Why We Can’t Wait to Take Action Until Our Kids are Grown

    I’ve been a part of conversations lately about whether parents should wait to take action for peace, justice, and the environment until their children are older, or even until they are grown.  Although I understand how busy the lives of modern parents can be, I have come to the conclusion that postponing involvement in 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’…

  • The Revolutionary Stories of Baby Jesus

    This page includes an Excerpt from Chapter 15, “The Triumph of God Over the Powers” in Shaking the Gates of Hell:  Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization by Sharon Delgado. During Advent and Christmas, Christians around the world celebrate the stories surrounding Jesus’ birth in pageants and liturgies. Literalists insist that these stories must be taken as…

  • 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…

  • Speaking Out Against Drone Attacks

    I was moved the other day when my daughter posted to FaceBook and commented on the story of the drone strike in Pakistan that killed a grandmother, Mamana Bibi, and injured several of her grandchildren while they were working in the family garden.  My daughter wrote:  “Imagine a 68 year old woman picking vegetables with…

  • 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…