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2015-11-23T19:34:02-06:00

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Words from the Oak Lawn to DPD, Rally for Change

Last updated on: November 23, 2015 at 7:34 pm By Jeff Hood

*The following is based on my speech from Oak Lawn to DPD, Rally for Change. There is always a difference between talk and action. I doubt you will find many people from the community who would say that they are for what has been happening in Oak Lawn. On the other hand, we must also realize that very few people from this community have actually been engaged in the Battle for Oak Lawn. While I guess I could continue on... Read more

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2015-11-21T22:30:35-06:00

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The Puppet in the Pulpit

Last updated on: November 21, 2015 at 10:30 pm By Jeff Hood

For the third time in a week, I received a phone call from a prophetic and transformative friend who either resigned their pastorate or was bullied into silence by the governing board of their church. In an age of increasing injustice, our churches have become the great bastions and protectors of the status quo. The most praised ministers in this environment are those who talk a big game without ever actually doing anything transformative. Churches love the puppet in... Read more

2015-11-20T23:33:12-06:00

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The Call of the Muslim Jesus

Last updated on: November 20, 2015 at 11:33 pm By Jeff Hood

When Jesus bound his body and ultimately became the stranger in Matthew 25:35, he left no doubt that he was calling us to do the same. Since the Paris attacks, Muslims have been strangerized over and over. From calls for registration to violent language around refugees, the rhetoric has grown worse and worse with every day. Jesus is bound to the stranger. Jesus becomes the stranger. In our Islamophobic society, I have no question that Jesus is so intimately incarnated... Read more

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If we want to walk with Jesus in this moment of extreme oppression and marginalization

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2015-11-20T22:35:05-06:00

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The Church and Climate Change

Last updated on: November 20, 2015 at 10:35 pm By Jeff Hood

*Delivered at Climate Change Press Conference hosted by the Texas Drought Project in Dallas on 11/19/2015. When I think about climate change, the message of Jesus comes to mind. We are called to love our neighbor as we love our self. Our actions and lack of action continue to destroy the homes of billions. When it comes to climate change, it seems that we don’t know the first thing about love. Jesus also talked about the least of these. We... Read more

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2015-11-16T12:09:29-06:00

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The Pilgrimage for Raphael Holiday is The Pilgrimage for Abolition

Last updated on: November 16, 2015 at 12:09 pm By Jeff Hood

This Wednesday, Raphael Holiday will be executed minutes after 6pm at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas. Unlike many of those I’ve encountered on death row, I believe that Holiday deserves to die. In early 2000, Raphael was partnered with Tami Wilkerson. Together, they lived in a secluded log cabin in Madison County with their infant daughter Justice and Tami’s young daughters, five-year-old Jasmine and seven-year-old Tierra. In March, Tami discovered that Raphael had sexually assaulted Tierra and... Read more

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2015-11-14T22:46:31-06:00

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I am a Terrorist

Last updated on: November 14, 2015 at 10:46 pm By Jeff Hood

Early this morning, I shot up in bed. Even in my sleep, I couldn’t get the images of Baghdad, Beirut and Paris out of my head. How is a follower of Jesus to respond to these terrorists? I thought about it for hours. Then I realized something. Jesus said, “Love your neighbor as yourself” & “Love your enemy.” We are commanded to “love our enemies as ourselves.” We cannot love our enemies as we love ourselves and not become our... Read more

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"I am a terrorist."

"love our enemies as ourselves."

"love the terrorist as we love ourselves."

"Love your enemy."

"Love your neighbor as yourself"

2015-11-12T22:52:46-06:00

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The Real Serial Killer: Our Categories

Last updated on: November 12, 2015 at 10:52 pm By Jeff Hood

We sit at a profound moment in history. Daily, we are privy to images of social upheaval broadcast into our consciousness from all over the world. We regularly see the consequences of our fictitious categories. We’ve created more monsters than we can count. We thought that skin tones said something innate about who or what someone was. We continue to be so wrong. We thought that sexual orientation said something innate about who or what someone was. We continue to... Read more

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The Reincarnation of Jesus Christ

Last updated on: November 12, 2015 at 9:04 am By Jeff Hood

In the beginning was Love, Love was with God and Love was God. There is nothing greater than Love… for God is Love. For God so Loved the world that Love gave Love’s only begotten Love, that whosoever believes in Love will not perish but have everlasting Love. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Jesus Christ is the reincarnation of Love. Love declared, “Love Love with all your heart mind, body and strength and Love your... Read more

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Jesus Christ is the reincarnation of Love

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2015-11-11T11:19:42-06:00

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I Don’t Believe in Celebrating Veterans.

Last updated on: November 11, 2015 at 11:19 am By Jeff Hood

Ray Hood was a hero of mine. Late at night, he would gather us around and rip sideways on the harmonica. We danced as only children can. The older we got the more we loved his stories. None of us could believe that he was on a boat for months at a time. “Harry Truman saved my life!” If there’d been an invasion, he would’ve been on the first wave in. The older I got the more I thought about... Read more

2015-11-10T20:52:15-06:00

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The Death Penalty & The Dallas County District Attorney: An Encounter

Last updated on: November 10, 2015 at 8:52 pm By Jeff Hood

*A recreation of a public question and answer dialogue I had with Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk at her town hall last night. JH: Good evening, my name is Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood and I serve on the Board of Directors of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. We have talked about a number of issues involving race tonight and I wanted to ask you specifically about the death penalty. With persons of color much more likely... Read more

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I'm going to pray that is stays that way

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