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October 2026

October 10, 2026

GOD Will Wipe Away the Tears from Every Face

"GOD will wipe away the tears from every face." Isaiah 25:8 GOD will wipe away...

September 2026

September 29, 2026

Why Can’t Anyone Say Evil? On the Execution of Christa Pike

Christa Pike and Colleen Slemmer In January of 1995, Colleen Slemmer walked into the woods...

September 26, 2026

God’s Sheep: The Ones Who Sleep Outside the Gate

John 10:27 (NRSV): "My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me."...

September 19, 2026

Keeping the Word : Living the Word : Changing the World

Keeping the Word Luke 8:15 "Blessed are they who have kept the word with a...

September 12, 2026

The Debts We Refuse to Forgive: On Economic Revolution

Debts Peter came to Jesus with a question. "When somebody keeps wronging me, how many...

September 04, 2026

Between: On the Person and Character of God

Between I am not above you. I am not inside you. I am in the...

September 04, 2026

The Crayons We Hold in Common: On Jamaal Howard

"I carried crayons everywhere." The Night the Shots Rang Out On July 7, 2016, I...

September 01, 2026

The System That Failed Lindsay Clancy & Killed Her Kids

Lindsay Clancy & The Wrong Question As of this evening, twelve jurors in Plymouth, Massachusetts...

August 2026

August 29, 2026

Rehumanizing Christa Pike: On the Consequences of Evil

I’ve spent my life standing against executions. I’ve known countless people who have been executed....

August 23, 2026

The Marginalized and Oppressed: Who Do You Say That I Am?

Who Do You Say That I Am? - Matthew 16:13-20 Jesus asks his disciples who...

August 15, 2026

When Jesus Sinned : Lessons From a So-Called Dog

Jesus got out of town. He went north into Tyre and Sidon, far from his...

August 08, 2026

The Fourth Watch: Jesus, the Storm, Injustice & Drowning

Drowning in the Fourth Watch He fed everybody on the hillside. Then he put his...

August 01, 2026

The Hunger : Keep Feeding the People

When Jesus heard the news he left. He took a boat out to an empty...

July 2026

July 31, 2026

Nobody Is There: The Horror of Executing William Silvia

Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant on July 17. Florida intends to kill William Silvia...

July 27, 2026

They Are Not Afraid of Us: The Death Penalty and Abolition

The Ongoing Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty The abolition movement has failed. Florida is...

July 18, 2026

Don’t Mistake the Wheat: On Matthew 13:24–30

A farmer plants good seed in his field. While everyone's asleep, an enemy sneaks in...

July 13, 2026

I Will Lose Nothing: Final Words from Dennis Sochor

The Promise of God In the Gospel of John, Jesus makes a promise, "Of all...

July 11, 2026

The Sower Will Not Concede the Ground: On Matt. 13:1-9

The Parable of the Sower Matthew 13:1-9 in plain words That day Jesus walked out...

July 07, 2026

Ten Years After the Dallas Shooting: I’m Still There

Dallas Shooting Ten years ago, I stood in the middle of a street in Dallas...

July 04, 2026

America250. The Yoke of Christ & True Liberation for All.

America250: A reflection on Matthew 11:25-30 At that time Jesus prayed, thanking God for hiding...

June 2026

June 27, 2026

Cold Water: A Sermon on Matthew 10:37-42

The Cold Water Passage In Matthew 10:37-42, Jesus tells his apostles that no love can...

June 17, 2026

The Man Who Never Knew Peace: Dusty Spencer’s Last War

Dusty Spencer Never Knew Peace On June 25, the state of Florida intends to kill...

June 17, 2026

Dusty Spencer: The Oldest Man Florida Has Ever Executed

Slaughter the Old? There is an age at which the world is supposed to soften...

June 13, 2026

The Realm of Heaven Is at Hand | Matthew 9:36–10:8

The Realm is at Hand I. Sheep Without a Shepherd When Jesus looked at the...

June 09, 2026

Judge Emily C. Marks: Nitrogen Executions = Unconstitutional

For years, the state of Alabama told the public that nitrogen executions were peaceful....

June 08, 2026

breaking: Nitrogen Executions Unconstitutionally Cruel

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2026 [email protected] FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES NITROGEN EXECUTIONS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY CRUEL...

June 07, 2026

The Case Against Executing Dusty Ray Spencer

THE CASE AGAINST EXECUTING DUSTY RAY SPENCER A Comprehensive Argument for Mercy Execution Scheduled: June...

June 06, 2026

Dusty Spencer, Our Daily Bread & A Florida Execution

Our Daily Bread I don't agree with Our Daily Bread about everything. Maybe not even...

June 06, 2026

From the Desert: You Were Never Meant to Stay in Egypt

From the Desert Moses said to the people: "Remember how for forty years now the...

May 2026

May 30, 2026

Love So Loved the World: On John 3:16-18

Love so loved the world that love gave love's only love, so that everyone who...