Vesting White
In the first centuries of the Christian church, church leaders dressed like regular worshippers, in the civilian clothes of the...
Pastor's Blog
Travis Ramirez
- Mar 13, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Peter Iversen
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
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...
Sharyl Corrado
- Dec 19, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Lis Miller
- Nov 28, 2020
- 3 min
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...
Peter Iversen
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Denice Stradling
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
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...
stmatthewsnoho
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
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...
