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May 2022

May 02, 2022

Clergy United Against the Death Penalty: An Introduction & Invitation to Support

Clergy United Against the Death Penalty: An Introduction & Invitation to Support Not...

April 2022

April 30, 2022

A Tale of Two Pictures: An Interaction with Carman Deck, Scheduled to Be Executed in Missouri on May 3, 2022

April 30, 2022 A Tale of Two Pictures: An Interaction with Carman...

April 26, 2022

The Tragedy of Carl Buntion: Dr. Barbara Laubenthal & The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood on The Movement to Abolish the Death Penalty, Melissa Lucio & Indifference to an Execution

The Tragedy of Carl Buntion: Dr. Barbara Laubenthal & The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood...

April 26, 2022

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April 24, 2022

Dear Gov. Greg Abbott: An Open Letter on the Guilt & Innocence of Melissa Lucio

Dear Gov. Greg Abbott: An Open Letter on the Guilt & Innocence of Melissa...

April 20, 2022

Lamentations: On Carl Buntion & Oscar Smith

Lamentations: On Carl Buntion & Oscar Smith Lamentations is a series of short...

April 17, 2022

The Death of Certainty and The Resurrection of Wonder: A Short Easter Homily

The Death of Certainty and The Resurrection of Wonder: A Short Easter Homily ...

April 16, 2022

National Weekend of Prayer for #MelissaLUCIO: The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood

SAVE MELISSA LUCIO!!!/SIGN THE PETITION!!!: National Weekend of Prayer for Melissa Lucio: The Rev....

April 15, 2022

Melissa Lucio, Texas and Life on Good Friday

Melissa Lucio, Texas and Life on Good Friday Do you remember? ...

April 14, 2022

Historia Divina. : A New Spiritual Process for New Spiritual Revelation

Historia Divina. I created Historia Divina to be a mystical revelation at the juxtaposition...

April 13, 2022

The Execution of #PatrickLYOYA is The Execution of CHRIST.

The Execution of #PatrickLYOYA is The Execution of CHRIST. Growing up, our youth...

April 11, 2022

The Economy of Jesus and The Impending Execution of Carl Buntion

In Matthew 25, Jesus didn’t give a caveat with regards to guilt or innocence...

April 10, 2022

Beware of the Palm Wavers

*Originally Posted on Palm Sunday 2015 The people of Jerusalem waved their palms...

April 07, 2022

The Failure of Theological Education & a Wild Response: The New Theology School

There is profound beauty in the pursuit of God. Perhaps, there is nothing...

April 07, 2022

Melissa Lucio is Innocent But Her Supporters Are Not…ie Carl Buntion

*For many years, I’ve served as a spiritual advisor on Texas’ Death Row. For...

April 04, 2022

The Color of the Hand: Genocide in an Age of Identity

The Color of the Hand: Genocide in an Age of Identity Earlier today,...

April 04, 2022

The Genocide of Silence. / An Existential Poem.

The Genocide of Silence. Silence is horrifying. Why? Fear. Of. What we will...

April 03, 2022

The Fight / An Existential Poem

The Fight Seek! That’s what you said. I sought. And! That’s what...

March 2022

March 24, 2022

An Abusive Teacher & A Cover Up at Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet Elementary School in Little Rock, Arkansas (Little Rock School District)

An Abusive Teacher & A Cover Up at Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet Elementary...

March 15, 2022

Should former Deputy Michael Davis be Executed? Thoughts from Lonoke County, Arkansas.

On July 7, 2016, I organized a rally against police brutality. For hours, thousands...

March 14, 2022

“A Greater Feast” an interview with The Rev. Dr. Joseph Blotz

Just about two years ago, I began the process of creating The New Theology...

March 05, 2022

A Thought Pattern on Fear and War / Within and in Ukraine

A Thought Pattern on Fear and War / Within and in Ukraine In...

February 2022

February 24, 2022

On the Theological Ethics of Assassinating Vladimir Putin

On the Theological Ethics of Assassinating Vladimir Putin Earlier tonight, Russian President...

February 23, 2022

Food Queeries: Liberating Our Cuisine / Dialogue at The New Theology School: Jeff Hood & Mark Sandlin

Food Queeries: Liberating Our Cuisine / Dialogue at The New Theology School: Jeff Hood...

February 17, 2022

PCUSA is/White Christians are Trying to Kill My Iraqi Muslim Friend, Sahar Alsahlani…(bizarrely, in the name of combating white supremacy)

*As the title might indicate...this bizarre story is some do-gooding white Christians who have do-gooded...

February 14, 2022

The Moral Bankruptcy of a Violent State…Protesting Prison Expansion & Documenting Police Beatings at the Arkansas State Capitol (INCLUDING VIDEO).

The Moral Bankruptcy of a Violent State…Protesting Prison Expansion& Documenting a Police Beating at the...

February 11, 2022

Gov. Hutchinson’s Bible Must Be Defective: On the Morality of New Prison Cells in Arkansas

Gov. Hutchinson’s Bible Must Be Defective: On the Morality of New Prison Cells in...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

Rev. Dwight Lee Wolter: The Church’s New Rambo

In response to an opinion piece by Rev. Dwight Lee Wolter found at Rev....

January 16, 2022

The Hostage Crisis at Congregation Beth Israel: Shameful Responses from Christian Clergy

The Hostage Crisis at Congregation Beth Israel: Shameful Responses from Christian Clergy Earlier today,...

January 09, 2022

The Police Just Literally Burned a Man to Death

The Police Just Burned a Man to Death For nearly a decade,...