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October 2015

October 21, 2015
  "Jesus happens in quiet times." Growing up, I remember a minister consistently using this...
October 20, 2015
  For years, I've heard rumors that the National Association of Evangelicals was planning to...
October 18, 2015
  I once spent over $14,000 on books in one month. I sold and spent...
October 12, 2015
*Prayer given on 10/11/15 at a rally to respond to recent beatings and murders in...
October 10, 2015
*Closing Prayer at the Walk to Stop Executions at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio...
October 10, 2015
*Lecture delivered in Columbus, Ohio on 10/9/2015   Queer theorists and theologians push against boundaries...
October 07, 2015
  Spirit of Love. Spirit of Light. Spirit of Justice. Fill us from the tips...
October 05, 2015
In less than 24 hours, Texas will kill my friend. Though we only met once,...
October 05, 2015
  Throughout my life, I've experienced attraction to both men and women. Growing up Southern...
October 04, 2015
  Car after car sped by. I looked into the eyes of every face. The...
October 03, 2015
  "...tell the Gissendaner family that I am so sorry. That amazing man lost his...
October 02, 2015
  To put it bluntly, I'm over the ridiculous arguments against sweeping gun control. Charleston,...

September 2015

September 30, 2015
  Over and over, Justin Sneed slammed a baseball bat into the flesh of Barry...
September 29, 2015
  1.75 million Southern Baptists forced her down the hallway. 619 thousand United Methodists strapped...
September 28, 2015
  In February of 1997, Greg Owen stabbed Doug Gissendaner until there was no life...
September 26, 2015
*Interaction from the Hope for Peace and Justice "Imagination: Immigration 2" Panel I served on...
September 24, 2015
  The darkness was. The darkness is. The darkness will be. The darkness is God....
September 22, 2015
  *This is a copy of the civil rights complaint I constructed and filed jointly...
September 19, 2015
  "It's not for them." The words fester in my ears. When I asked about...
September 12, 2015
  -Preached at Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal)  in St. Louis, MO on Sept. 7, 2015...
September 10, 2015
  "He's not in heaven...and you won't be either if you kill yourself." I will...
September 08, 2015
  With a population of less than 24,000 people, Rowan County, Kentucky is an unlikely...
September 02, 2015
  Truth was until it was not. The mutation of truth was the greatest deception...
September 01, 2015
  *This article first appeared in The Yoke Quarterly    I couldn't believe how green...

August 2015

August 29, 2015
    For the last month, I have fought for the Sheriff of Dallas County...
August 28, 2015
  Desperate for help, Joseph Hutcheson parked his truck on the curb of the Lew...
August 24, 2015
Words have consequences. We have all spoken words that we wished we hadn't. However, our...
August 24, 2015
Mornings are hard. I think my medicine gets low. Placing one foot in front of...
August 19, 2015
  * This interaction is derived from a recent conversation that I had with the...
August 17, 2015
  “Why???” The tearful words of James Hutcheson echoed loudly against the jail. Throughout last...
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