Pastor's Blog

stmatthewsnoho

Apr 23, 20216 min read

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 13, 20211 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...

Peter Iversen

Mar 4, 20212 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...

Sharyl Corrado

Dec 19, 20202 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...

Lis Miller

Nov 28, 20203 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...

Peter Iversen

Nov 17, 20202 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...

Denice Stradling

Nov 6, 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...

stmatthewsnoho

Oct 29, 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...