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June 2015

June 30, 2015
  Raised in Georgia, educated in four southern states and presently living in Texas, I...
June 29, 2015
  * Derived from a Sermon Delivered at New Heart Community Church in La Mirada,...
June 28, 2015
  *This is the sixth installment of theological conversation between my intern Christian Parks and...
June 27, 2015
With celebration of the Supreme Court of the United States' recent marriage equality decision sweeping...
June 25, 2015
    *This is the fifth intentional conversation between my summer intern Christian Parks and...
June 24, 2015
  On June 24, 1973, an arsonist attacked the Upstairs Lounge in New Orleans, Louisiana....
June 21, 2015
*Preached at Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Dallas on 6/21/15   Less than a week...
June 20, 2015
  *Living Faith Covenant Church on 6/19/15   Many years ago, I received a phone...
June 18, 2015
  "Tragedy amplifies our desperate desire to hear a word from God. In the midst...
June 16, 2015
Conversations around southern dinner tables are always colorful. One Sunday, I remember sitting with my...
June 16, 2015
  The lifeless body hung by a rope. Tears streamed down my face. I couldn't...
June 14, 2015
Jesus was giving a talk at a local hotspot when a couple of pastors showed...
June 12, 2015
    How far would you go? How far would you go for liberation? How...
June 09, 2015
*This is the fourth installment of my weekly theological conversations with my summer intern, Christian...
June 09, 2015
  I don't trust people or institutions to connect me to God. I believe that...
June 07, 2015
  *Delivered at Metropolitan Community Church of the Rockies in Denver, Colorado on June 7,...
June 06, 2015
I pray for all who are involved in this situation...especially the victim.  In many ways,...
June 04, 2015
  "You have to get married. I have to get married. If I don't get...
June 02, 2015
  *a theological conversation between Christian and I on the lake in North Georgia  ...
June 02, 2015
  Does God care about those we execute? While I think we all know the...

May 2015

May 31, 2015
*Derived from a sermon delivered at Tupelo Unitarian Universalist Congregation on May 31, 2015  ...
May 31, 2015
Lightning crawled across the sky. The thunder roared. Rain warned of impending flood. Through the...
May 29, 2015
  "I believe Jesus rose from the dead and inhabits my being right now." When...
May 28, 2015
Injustices that make us feel righteous are always our favorites. Last week, I watched Christians...
May 25, 2015
*The 2nd in a Series of Conversations between my summer intern Christian Parks and I....
May 23, 2015
A United States soldier processed the flag of the United States of America in to...
May 21, 2015
Jeff & Phillip.   My sons. God formed you to be perfect in the queerness...
May 19, 2015
*This is a conversation between my newly arrived summer intern Christian Parks and I. Christian...
May 19, 2015
    Nightmares follow me or maybe I follow them. I was tossing and turning...
May 19, 2015
  "Good Evening. My name is the Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood. I serve as the...
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