Pastor's Blog

Apr 23
6 min

Vesting White

In the first centuries of the Christian church, church leaders dressed like regular worshippers, in the civilian clothes of the...

Travis Ramirez

Mar 14
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
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...

His Hand in His Pocket--Catalyst for My Racial Equity Journey

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...

Why have a Racial Equity Group in a Church?

Rev. Stephanie Jaeger

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...

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