From Our Simpler Living Creation Care and Sacred Ground in Action (SGIA) ministries: Traditional Earth knowledge has deep roots in the wise ways of our Indigenous neighbors. Unlike technological fixes that can sometimes add more unknowns to solve a problem, that may in turn create more problems, centuries of practice that is “cumulative, place-based, and … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action ministry: We continue to learn about more insidious ways that hold down our neighbors of color. Here is another: “Mapmakers choose what to include and exclude and how to display information to users…. [Black Counter-Mapping] is part of the broader Black creative tradition and political struggle.” For the entire Yes! Magazine article, … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action ministry: While our heads are spinning from so much tragic news around the world it is easy to lose sight of what continues to happen in our own backyard. Clearly issues at the border appear to be insurmountable. Meanwhile, as we await just solutions, as people of faith we … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action ministry: As a coincidental follow up to last week’s SGIA article, the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial. Counties will host Deconstructing Incarceration, an important virtual forum on the need to reimagine public safety. This is particularly urgent due to the county having one of the highest jail death rates in the … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action ministry Often we get so used to what we know that we have difficulty imagining what can be. This article is a valuable reminder to use our discernment and imagination as we strive to follow Jesus on the healing path leading to beloved community. “A wide range of justice-focused nonprofits, legal advocates, … READ MORE…
From our Cathedral Sacred Ground in Action Anti-Racism MinistryAt this year’s General Convention, a number of social justice resolutions passed. Among them was C072, a Land Acknowledgment resolution encouraging each Diocese “to begin dialogue with representatives from those Indigenous peoples whose ancestral and territorial homelands its churches and buildings now occupy to collaborate in the development … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action and Simpler Living Creation Care MinistriesIn these often dark times, we wonder what difference we can make when so many issues – the climate emergency, racial injustice, voting inequities – seem to be insurmountable. This excerpt from The Episcopal Church Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN)/Episcopal Office of Governmental Affairs … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action and Simpler Living Creation Care Ministries PrayerGracious God, we thank you for the warm rich soil and our indigenous neighbors’ rich wisdom. Help us also to be wise in ways of listening to how we can learn to nurture our gardens and the make abundant fruit of your earth … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action ministry: Just a reminder that Juneteenth, 6/19, is almost here. Make sure to attend in-person/livestream services and the Faith Forum this Sunday, all of which, will feature our guest the Rev. Dr. Mark Andrew Jefferson. Reserve your free ticket for the Old Globe Axis Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 18 from 12 … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action ministry (SGIA)Juneteenth! You may know about this important date in our history, celebrated each year on June 19: do you know the WHOLE story? Please learn more about this critical date for our neighbors in this evocative short clip. Then register for the Juneteenth 10-Day Reading Plan: meditations that … READ MORE…