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 office@allsaintspdx.org.
Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship
Social 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...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column May 31
The Way of Love Imagine recentering on the God we know in Jesus. Imagine becoming practicing communities that follow Jesus and embody his community of love. The forces of empire and establishment will tell you that’s a worthy caus...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column May 23
New Options From an article I wrote titled “Still on the Journey,” I believe that as a spiritual practice we can imagine and create “a political system responsive to the people and respectful of global neighbors, a health system that...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column May 16
Patterns It becomes more obvious the longer you live that all life is full of patterns. Reality is trying to tell us something. Life is speaking to us. There’s lots of mystery out there, to be sure, and no shortage of chaos and unpredict...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column May 10
A Shakespearean Sonnet About Doors It’s not much to ask. Just a door to lock. A door that won’t break when someone kicks it. Door with a keyhole. Respond to that knock Or not. My choice. It’s broke so let’s fix it: Th...
Read MoreSocial Justice & Advocacy Column May 3
Resurrection The true meaning of the raising of Jesus is that God will turn all our human crucifixions into resurrection. This is a social, historical victory for God. Part of why we could not accept it is that we want individual people to...
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