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August 2015

August 16, 2015
  Less than a hundred feet from residences, local authorities discovered the badly decomposed body...
August 12, 2015
  Under the auspices of enforcing the law, they came to the door. Grabbing the...
August 11, 2015
* Despite my physical absence, I just sent in this statement for tonight's rally for...
August 10, 2015
    "Can you imagine Jesus sitting on his ass while people are gunned down...
August 07, 2015
  *This is the last intentional conversation of Christian Parks' summer internship.   J: Christian,...
August 07, 2015
*Sent on Friday, August 7, 2015 To the Honorable Garnet Coleman,   On August 1,...
August 04, 2015
  Desperate for help, Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson parked his truck on the curb of the...
August 02, 2015
Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson Dies in the Custody of the Dallas Sheriff   Desperate for help,...
August 01, 2015
  Thou found me. I didn't know you were looking. Thou knew me. I didn't...
August 01, 2015
  *This is a conversation that took place on July 30, 2015 between Kristin Kelly,...
August 01, 2015
  *This is a conversation that took place on July 27, 2015 between Kristin Kelly,...

July 2015

July 31, 2015
  When I was a child, I never thought my parents would leave me. I...
July 29, 2015
  The terrain looked fuzzy. Heat has a way of altering our perceptions. The wall...
July 28, 2015
  Traveling on the campus of the University of Cincinnati, Samuel Dubose saw the lights...
July 27, 2015
  *This is a story used with permission and based on the experiences of an...
July 27, 2015
  * A prayer at the beginning of an immersion on the border of the...
July 23, 2015
  J: What is injustice?   C: Injustice is oppression. Oppression is violence created to...
July 23, 2015
  I struggled to garner the courage to write this piece. I am a part...
July 22, 2015
  * This interaction is derived from a recent conversation that I had with the...
July 21, 2015
  C: What is death?   J: Death is a lie. The resurrection of Jesus...
July 21, 2015
  Growing up, our church loved to talk about the end of the world. From...
July 18, 2015
    * This interaction is derived from a recent conversation that I had with...
July 17, 2015
The Vision Blindness/Can you see me? Fear/Can you see me? Pain/Can you see me? Terror
July 17, 2015
"How dare you insinuate Jesus had a vagina!" The woman was livid. In my talk,...
July 16, 2015
  J: Do you remember a place called Eden?   C: Growing up in a...
July 13, 2015
  Miracles weren't supposed to happen on nights like that. Gunshots filled the air. Violence...
July 13, 2015
  The Be Loved Community is full of surprisingly raw theology. Rev. Amy Cantrell founded...
July 11, 2015
After hearing an acquaintance make two racist remarks, I insinuated that his remarks were problematic....
July 07, 2015
I did not kill I tried to heal I was not fake I can't escape...
July 06, 2015
  J: What do you think happens during communion?   C: Communion is the place...
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