Our Social Justice & Advocacy Committee seeks to follow Jesus in the work of justice, peacemaking and advocating on behalf of the disempowered. Together we participate in justice initiatives and organizing events around issues such as food and housing insecurity, diversity and inclusion, and the protection and care of the environment.
Social Justice & Advocacy
Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 25, 2024
Turning the World Upside Down A telling phrase used in the Acts of the Apostles describes the new sect of Judaism that upsets the old-world order in Thessalonica. Christians there were dragged before the city council and referred to as “...
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Social Justice Corner Newsletter July 24, 2024
Our baptismal covenant calls us to persevere in resisting evil; to seek and serve Christ in all persons; to strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being. The Episcopal Church has an advocacy arm...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 16, 2024
Political Holiness If religion and religious people are to have any moral credibility in the face of the massive death-dealing and denial of this era, we need to move with great haste toward lives of political holiness . This is my ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 10, 2024
Gifts We are showered every day with gifts, but they are not meant for us to keep. Their life is in their movement, the inhale and the exhale of our shared breath. Our work and our joy is to pass along the gift and to trust that what we p...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column June 11, 2024
Church at the Margins As long as the Church bore witness from the margins in some sense, and as long as we operated from a minority position, we had greater access to the truth, to the Gospel, to Jesus. In our time we have to find a way to...
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Juneteenth Portland Pickles Game
Come celebrate Juneteenth with The Voices Project at the Portland Pickles game on Wednesday, June 19th! 50% of proceeds from tickets purchased here will benefit The Voices Project. Tickets will be delivered to your email up to 24 Hours prior to...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column June 5, 2024
Our Only Option You would think that changes in the planet’s climate would take a very long time and changes in human opinion and action could happen fast. You’d think that sentience would be an aid. But, instead, it appears that we ar...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column May 28, 2024
Will we succeed? “We don't have a right to ask whether we're going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what's the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?” ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column May 22, 2024
A Dream of Creation This is my dream, and perhaps it is your dream, and our dream, together: that in this time of turbulence when worlds are falling apart, all of us with willing hearts can come together … together with one another, poor...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column May 14, 2024
Not Science but Love The key to stopping the environmental apocalypse is not science but love. For decades now we have been staring at the scientific reports. They have not sufficiently inspired us to change our apocalyptic reality. But wh...
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