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March 16, 2014
Prayers for a Child of God
Fred Phelps Sr. founded the infamous Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas....
March 16, 2014
The Trouble with Bishop Spong and Embracing the Mystery of Faith
I often prayed a familiar prayer when I was a child and remember one line...
March 14, 2014
poetics under fire or verse written with my son sitting on me on a flight to dallas-fort worth
bart bart screamed out and everyone told him not to shout the one they...
March 11, 2014
A Love Letter to Mark Driscoll
*Mark Driscoll is the Founding Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. ...
March 10, 2014
A Girl Named Peter and the Path to God
Welcome to Lent. This is not a time of celebration for the fuzz that...
March 07, 2014
The Danger of Missions in a World Desperate for Salvation
The religious world of my youth was filled with stories of so-called courageous missionaries who...
March 05, 2014
The Push of the Ashes: A Manifesto of Defiance for Clergy Colleagues
The words of ash and dust on this day are intended to usher us...
March 04, 2014
apoem: the why of ashe wednesday
ashes to ashes dust to dust the beginning of when ashes to ashes dust...
March 03, 2014
A Sermon Entitled “Jesus for President” or The Reason I Will Never Endorse a Political Candidate
The church of my youth had a bad habit of mixing political candidates with...
March 02, 2014
The Guys with the Guns on the Denton Square
The ice pellets hit my head as I negotiated the icy sidewalk. I heard...
March 02, 2014
My First Job in Ministry, Forgiveness & the Imperfect Pursuit of Perfection
Forgiveness is not something I am good at...but I know it is something that...
February 2014
February 28, 2014
The Week: Close to Death
Over the past few weeks, my mind has never been far from death. Last...
February 26, 2014
Delivered Tonight: A Question for Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins
"My question is for District Attorney Watkins. My name is Jeff Hood. I am a...
February 26, 2014
The Judgment: Christians and the Ruling in Texas
This afternoon U.S. Federal Judge Orlando Garcia ruled that Texas' prohibition of gay marriage is...
February 25, 2014
Love Dangerously Dallas
Everybody wants to talk about love these days...but no one wants to talk about...
February 24, 2014
Coconspirators in Uganda’s Recent Homophobic Bill: Mainline Christians
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a bill today that gives a penalty of life...
February 24, 2014
Get in the Way / Bring them Close / Tell the Stories that Obstruct
In Matthew 25, Jesus talks about some sheep and goats...but this is more than...
February 23, 2014
Letter 2 / Death Row Inmate Will Speer on the Nature of God / Theology from Death Row
Jeff and friends, This is long overdue and I am happy to be able to...
February 23, 2014
The End: A Faithful Pilgrimage to Abolish the Death Penalty
We have garnered much attention around throughout Dallas and Fort Worth and around the...
February 23, 2014
The Start: A Faithful Pilgrimage to Abolish the Death Penalty
This morning we are gathered here in Dallas as a faith community to express...
February 20, 2014
Letter to Dallas Co DA Craig Watkins from the TCADP Faith Community
February 21, 2014 Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, Good morning. We bring...
February 19, 2014
The Reason I Will Walk Prayerfully from Dallas to Fort Worth: Dallas County DA Craig Watkins, Tarrant County DA Joe Shannon, Jr. & the State of Texas’ Death Penalty
On February 21, 2014, I will walk prayerfully from Dallas to Fort Worth with...
February 17, 2014
Leading With A Withered Hand
Rarely do I preach a similar sermon in the same day...but today is an exception. ...
February 16, 2014
The Withered Hand, The Undivided Heart and The Undistracted Church
There was a man with a withered hand. Jesus approached the man with the...
February 15, 2014
Turning Shitheads into Prayer Partners
I woke up one morning last week and this message was posted on the...
February 15, 2014
We Can End This: Remarks to the Fort Worth Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Prayer Breakfast
I believe in God...but most of all I believe in love. If we believe...
February 15, 2014
The Journey to Abolition: Remarks to the Dallas Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Prayer Breakfast
"Jesus hung on a cross for a long time and had plenty of time...
February 12, 2014
The Wise Men Deconstructed or The Lack of Wisdom in the Wise Men
Have far would you travel to meet God? The idea of incarnation is that...
February 12, 2014
The Paralytic Church, Queerphobia & Frank Schaefer
Do any of you believe in healing? Do you believe that Jesus actually healed...
February 07, 2014
Islam, Rihanna & the Surprise of Belief
There are many days I wake up and know that I am going to...
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