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Vesting White
In the first centuries of the Christian church, church leaders dressed like regular worshippers, in the civilian clothes of the...
stmatthewsnoho
Apr 23, 20216 min read


All in the Same Storm
Today marks a full year since I have had students physically in my classroom. Even as our lives were all beginning to change right before...

Travis Ramirez
Mar 13, 20211 min read


Christmas in January....in March
It has been 6 weeks since Inauguration Day in DC. St. Matt's Racial Equity Group member, Peter Iversen, reflects on his experience of...

Peter Iversen
Mar 4, 20212 min read


Pondering Race While Walking the Dog
As a White person, I’ve found it surprisingly difficult to recognize how race impacts my life. But the one place I do notice my Whiteness...

Sharyl Corrado
Dec 19, 20202 min read


What am I going to do now?
When I saw the video of George Floyd being murdered by a cop with his knee placed on Floyd’s neck, I felt sick and helpless. I felt like...

Lis Miller
Nov 28, 20203 min read


Showing Up and Saying Yes
The end of November will mark six years since my wife Denice and I showed up for worship at St. Matt’s and five years since we said yes...

Peter Iversen
Nov 17, 20202 min read


His Hand in His Pocket--Catalyst for My Racial Equity Journey
Something happened to me when I saw the photo of Derek Shauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck. It wasn’t just the photograph, which was...

Denice Stradling
Nov 6, 20202 min read


Why have a Racial Equity Group in a Church?
"There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ...
stmatthewsnoho
Oct 29, 20202 min read
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