Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship
“When I think about what love looks like, I see us channeling our holy rage into concrete, productive and powerful action.” - Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
God loves justice. And throughout scripture we are urged to love and seek it, as well. All Saints is committed to building diversity and equity in our neighborhood and formation in allyship.
If you are interested in being part of an ongoing racial justice effort through the All Saints Social Justice & Advocacy Committee please email [email protected].
Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship
Social Justice & Advocacy Column August 8
Trust vs Fear The world is how you see it and what you make of it. If you look at the world with benevolent eyes, the world reciprocates with benevolence. If you project suspicion and self-interest, you get the same in return. Trust begets...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column August 2, 2023
“We Have a Beautiful Mother” By Alice Walker We have a beautiful Mother Her hills Are buffaloes Her buffaloes Hills. We have a beautiful Mother Her oceans Are wombs Her wombs Oceans. W...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column July 19
Heaven and Hell To me, then, heaven and hell are concepts that are part of all creation. Heaven and hell exist within and beyond the confines of our world of space and time. We can participate in heaven by living in harmony and res...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column July 11
Jesus and AR-15s. Christ—the central focus of Christianity—is not a king, and not a fighter, but an advocate for the downtrodden. His ministry has no apparent interest in nationalism—indeed, welcoming strangers is one of its hallmarks....
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column July 4
“What I Have Learned So Far” Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column June 27
We Are the Light God created the light. Jesus is light in the darkness. And yet we — fragile and flawed human beings — are the light of the world. Jesus says, “No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the ...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column June 20th
Social Animals Deep time, or the communion of saints professed in Christian creeds, means that our goodness is not just our own, nor is our badness just our own. We are intrinsically social animals. We carry the lived and the unlived (an...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column June 13
Fierce Love When we look toward what has been lost with the climate crisis or other ecological damage that our species has inflicted, we do still need to strive toward repair, but the cure is within our own mentality. The mentality that lo...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column June 6
Some Effects of Living the “New Story” We will … buy differently. For example, when faced with a choice between an inexpensive pair of pants produced by a corporation that exploits workers (whom we now see to be our neighbors), we wi...
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