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 January 23, 2024
Coming Together Our very suffering now, our condensed presence on this common nest that we have largely fouled, will soon be the one thing that we finally share in common. It might well be the one thing that will bring us together politi...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column January 10, 2024
From “The Work of Christmas” When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find t...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column January 2, 2024
The Reign of God Wherever the human heart is healed, justice gains a foothold, peace holds sway, an ecological habitat is protected, wherever liberation, hope and healing break through, wherever an act of simple kindness is done, a cup of ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column December 26, 2023
Christ With Us Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts. But now it is with the voice of our contemporaries that He speaks, with the eyes of store clerks, factory workers, and children that he gazes; with the hands...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column December 20, 2023
Always Christmas We’re always waiting to see Spirit revealing itself through matter. We’re always waiting for matter to become a new form in which Spirit is revealed. Whenever that happens, we’re celebrating Christmas. The gifts of i...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column December 12th
Joan Chittister, Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti, and Rabbi Arthur Waskow, writing from their traditions of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, believe we all share equally in God’s image, even amid our joint history of violence. Today, the v...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column December 5, 2023
Living Contemplatively The invitation to be contemplative is nothing new, but it now carries with it an urgency particular to our time. This call to live contemplatively is offered to everyone. Often we want to relegate such a practice or ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column November 28, 2023
Maybe We Need an Emergency Maybe we need an emergency to wake us up out of our bad habits of war,
of reptilian brain responses, of patriarchy unchecked. Maybe Climate Change is that emergency. Maybe French playwright Antonin Artaud is...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column November 22, 2023
A Thanksgiving Prayer by Diana Butler Bass GOD, there are many days we do not feel grateful. When we are anxious or angry. When we feel alone. When we do not understand what is happening in the world or with our neighbors. When the ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column November 15, 2023
Grieving the Trees I’ve taken to praying outdoors. I go outside, feel the good earth beneath my feet and the wind on my face, and I sing to the trees—to oak and beech, hemlock and pines. Making up the words and music as I go along, I s...
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