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 December 10, 2024
From Kingdom to Kin-dom Is it possible to imagine the worldview of kingdoms and empires transforming into a worldview of kin-dom and compassion? Imagine how different life would be right now if Christianity could become a place for sacred ...
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Social Justice Corner Newsletter December 6, 2024
The Episcopal Church is thankful for the release of Layan Nasir, a 23-year-old Anglican Palestinian woman, who has been in Israeli custody since April 6. We give thanks to God for answered prayers and to the advocates who have worked tirelessly t...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column December 3, 2024
Let us weep for the world Let us weep for the world We are breaking apart, so we can love it back to wholeness. Let our hearts be stretched by great sorrow and love, so they will never contract to being less than human. ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column November 26, 2024
The Richness of Creation Power-over dynamics, whether they be gender based or race based or class based are not compatible with equality. They are about inequality. This is why the rising tide of prejudice expressed as anti-Semitism or r...
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Social Justice Corner Newsletter November 22, 2024
Suppose you are wondering why social justice advocacy is part of our Christian values and how to engage. In that case, the Episcopal Public Policy Network has published a very comprehensive guide called "Faith and Citizenship which contains very ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column November 20, 2024
Bread T here are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. — Mahatma Gandhi
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column November 12, 2024
Sitting with Each Other We have to be willing to meet each other on the porch in peace, to make room for each other, to listen to each other. Even if, at first, we might be inclined to presume the other person or group doesn’t belong…....
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column November 6, 2024
After the Election What I want to remind us all is that as much as we must fight for our convictions and stand for what is just, remember that all those people who vote against you are not disappearing after Election Day or Inauguration Da...
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Social Justice Corner Newsletter October 31, 2024
Collect for Election Day Almighty God, to whom we must
account for all our powers and privileges: Guide the people of the United
States in the election of officials and representatives; that, by faithful
administration and wise laws, the ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column October 29, 2024
Politics What if we recognize that our engagement in politics should be rooted in our participation in the Trinitarian flow of God’s love? Then everything changes…. This was revealed most fully in Jesus, as God’s Son. His love f...
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