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May 2026

May 25, 2026

After We Kill The Monster: An Explanation of Outcome

The Monster Every execution begins with a story. Someone commits an act so terrible that...

May 23, 2026

Pentecost: The Inbreaking the Empire Didn’t Plan For

*Readings can also be found here. I. Ezekiel 37:1-14, The Valley of the Discarded The...

May 20, 2026

Nitrogen, Steve Marshall’s Defeat & the Soul of the South

The Theology of Nitrogen: What Steve Marshall ’s Defeat Says About Death, Power & the...

May 19, 2026

Tony Carruthers : What the State Calls Sane Enough

Tony Carruthers : Sane Enough For months now, my phone has been filling up...

May 16, 2026

God is Not Neutral: Glory in the Wounds of Hope

God is Not Neutral On 1 Peter 4:13-16 God is Not Neutral: On the Christianity...

May 13, 2026

Texas’s Own Expert Says Edward Busby Can’t Be Executed

On Edward Busby On Thursday, May 14, the State of Texas plans to strap Edward...

May 10, 2026

The Hand That Cannot Be Washed: On the Executioner

A Theological Inquiry into the Executioner Every argument about capital punishment asks what should be...

May 02, 2026

The Not Yet Is Coming: The Holy Tension of Is

The Holy Tension of Is : On John 14:1-12 The Crack There is a crack...

May 01, 2026

The Institute for Death Row Correspondence / Launching May 5

The Institute for Death Row Correspondence launches May 5, 2026, at 9 PM Eastern

April 2026

April 30, 2026

Federal Judge: Alabama Lied About Nitrogen Execution Data

Alabama Lied About the Nitrogen Execution Data They lied. Federal Judge Emily Marks in Alabama...

April 24, 2026

Known Before You Were Formed: The Gospel Case for Trans Kids

Trans Kids: Known Before You Were Formed There is a verse in Jeremiah that gets...

April 18, 2026

The Burning Heart: The Crusher of Injustice

Luke 24:13-35. On The Road to Emmaus. The Burning Heart: The Language of the Crushed...

April 17, 2026

The Monster: The Archetype of Evil and The Death Penalty

The Monster We Make: On the Archetype of Evil and the Logic of the Death...

April 14, 2026

The Writings of Jeff Hood : 12-Volume Archive of Resistance

The Writings of Jeff Hood : A Fifteen-Year Archive of Resistance For approximately the past...

April 11, 2026

The Credentials of the Crucified : On John 20:19-31

The Credentials of the Crucified: Touch, Trauma and the Wounded God The Gospel of John...

April 08, 2026

Slaughterhouses : The Execution Chamber and The Meat Plant

Slaughterhouses : Two Rooms On the morning of an execution in America, somewhere in a...

April 06, 2026

The Dawn of Complicit Press

About Complicit Press Publishing books that expose state violence, demand moral reckoning and amplify silenced...

April 04, 2026

Jesus the Gardener: Mary Was Right the First Time

Jesus the Gardener Mary Magadelene is standing outside the empty tomb. She has already looked...

April 03, 2026

SUFFOCATION BY DESIGN : The Body Does Not Lie

The Body Does Not Lie Holy Week insists on the body. Not theology in the...

April 01, 2026

Suffocation By Design: Stay Awake With Me

*This post is part of a series of Holy Week reflections drawn from my new...

April 01, 2026

Good Friday, April 3: ‘The Spiritual Advisor’ Screening

This is not just a film screening. It is an invitation to witness. Watch Live...

April 01, 2026

Suffocation By Design: The Weight of Witness

*This post is part of a series of Holy Week reflections drawn from my new...

March 2026

March 30, 2026

Suffocation By Design: The Questions That Expose Everything

Holy Tuesday: The Questions That Expose Everything *This post is part of a series of...

March 30, 2026

Jesus Was Suffocated by Design: The Overturned Tables

*This is the first of five Holy Week posts engaging my new book, Suffocation...

March 28, 2026

The Hands That Cannot Be Washed Clean: A Palm Sunday Sermon

Matthew 21:1-11 A Prayer, A Political Act He rode in on a borrowed donkey. Not...

March 26, 2026

How Rare Legal Victories Sustain the Death Penalty

How Rare Legal Victories Sustain the Death Penalty: Habeas Lawyers Have Consistently Taught Abolitionists How...

March 25, 2026

The Death Penalty Is the Wrong Punishment for Marbel Mendoza

This is the manuscript of a new book from Complicit Press entitled: NOT COMMENSURATE: The...

March 24, 2026

The Self-Immolation of Willie B Phillips

Fire in the New South: The Self-Immolation of Willie B Phillips in Atlanta, Georgia October...

March 21, 2026

Untie Him: Lazarus and the Work of Liberation

Lazarus and the Anatomy of a Miracle In the 11th Chapter of the Gospel of...

March 17, 2026

Oklahoma’s Invention of Nitrogen Hypoxia Executions

The "Fool-Proof" Execution Method : How Oklahoma's Invention of Nitrogen Hypoxia Executions Repeated an Old...