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April 2022

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 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,...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

Southern Baptist Distinctives: A New Publication from Ellin Jimmerson & Jeff Hood

At the dawn of new ways of thinking about about God...and perhaps...

December 26, 2021

Unbelievable Love: Christ in Us

December 26, 2021 Unbelievable Love: Christ in Us *This theological reflection is loosely...

December 24, 2021

The Hood Creed: A Queer Creed from A Queer Believer at Christmas

The Hood Creed: Queer Thoughts from a Queer Believer Often, folks who disagree with...

December 22, 2021

The Helsinki Interfaith Peacemaking Initiative

Fellow inhabitants of earth, For almost two years now, I have served as...

December 19, 2021

The Other Christmas Story: A Vision/Revision of Revelation 12

The Other Christmas Story: A Vision/Revision of Revelation 12 Deep in meditation, I...

December 18, 2021

The Embodiment of Christmas: Broader Lessons from the Text

The Embodiment of Christmas: Broader Lessons from the Text Putting on my suspenders...

December 13, 2021

Things I’ve Destroyed for the Real Jesus

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who...

December 11, 2021

“Systematic Theology of Disability: Approaches from Zimbabwe” -The Rev. Dr. Munorwei Chirovamavi

As the Dean of The New Theology School, I get the pleasure of working with...

December 09, 2021

THE NATIVITY EXPERIENCE: Seeing as Those Who First Saw

https://www.amazon.com/NATIVITY-EXPERIENCE-Seeing-Those-First-ebook/dp/B09N9S2J4B/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1639065808&sr=8-1 *This book is a collection of theological reflections garnered from a recent conversation between...

December 07, 2021

On The Shepherds, The Parents and The Magi: Jeff Hood and Kyle Sigmon

*Theological reflections garnered from a recent conversation between two friends, The Rev. Dr. Jeff...

December 02, 2021

On the Assassination of White Folk: The Case of Richard Lee Richards

On the Assassination of White Folk: The Case of Richard Lee Richards Picture this....

November 2021

November 24, 2021

“Disability as Salvation in Zimbabwe.” – The Rev. Dr. Cleopas Taguma Neuso

All the way from Zimbabwe, introducing The Rev. Dr. Cleopas Taguma Neuso! One of my...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Theology of Future Past: Past Thoughts on Certainty

*I came across this article this morning. I wrote it 12 years ago. Though the...

October 13, 2021

Dropped

Dropped Something dropped from the sky. Something dropped right next to me....