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2014-03-02T15:09:02-06:00

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My First Job in Ministry, Forgiveness & the Imperfect Pursuit of Perfection

Last updated on: March 2, 2014 at 3:09 pm By Jeff Hood

Forgiveness is not something I am good at…but I know it is something that I need to do. This is a short talk based around an experience…the experience was and is mine…but the discussion topic of forgiveness is for all of us. I began my ministry in a very small town in Alabama. I served as a youth minister for both the First United Methodist Church and the First Baptist Church. In small towns they can create such ecumenical... Read more

2014-02-28T20:06:28-06:00

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The Week: Close to Death

Last updated on: February 28, 2014 at 8:06 pm By Jeff Hood

Over the past few weeks, my mind has never been far from death. Last Friday, I delivered a letter from local clergy condemning Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’ consistent pursuit of death sentences and then walked from Dallas to Fort Worth in protest and prayer. Last Saturday, I stood before the hundreds of persons gathered in Fort Worth for the annual conference of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty to remark in part, “the politicians all... Read more

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2014-02-26T22:13:46-06:00

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Delivered Tonight: A Question for Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins

Last updated on: February 26, 2014 at 10:13 pm By Jeff Hood

“My question is for District Attorney Watkins. My name is Jeff Hood. I am a Baptist minister and I also serve on the Board of Directors of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. I am particularly troubled by the case of our panelist Christopher Scott who was wrongfully convicted of capital murder and served twelve years for a crime he did not commit before he was exonerated. What if Dallas County had pursued the death penalty in Scott’s... Read more

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2014-02-26T16:00:50-06:00

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The Judgment: Christians and the Ruling in Texas

Last updated on: February 26, 2014 at 4:00 pm By Jeff Hood

This afternoon U.S. Federal Judge Orlando Garcia ruled that Texas’ prohibition of gay marriage is unconstitutional. That is the judgment…but there are many Christians who will be talking about a different type of judgment in the coming days. I can already hear them in pulpits around the state talking about the coming hell and damnation for homosexuals or perhaps more problematic staying neutral. I have a word from God for all of you. There is a judgment and it is... Read more

2014-02-25T20:01:25-06:00

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Love Dangerously Dallas

Last updated on: February 25, 2014 at 8:01 pm By Jeff Hood

Everybody wants to talk about love these days…but no one wants to talk about sacrifice. Everybody wants to talk about the love of Jesus…but nobody wants to talk about how embracing the love of Jesus leads to death. Everyone wants to talk about falling in love…but no one wants to talk about the need to jump off the cliff and sacrifice your self in order to experience it. Love is dangerous. You do not know whether you are going... Read more

2014-02-24T23:16:52-06:00

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Coconspirators in Uganda’s Recent Homophobic Bill: Mainline Christians

Last updated on: February 24, 2014 at 11:16 pm By Jeff Hood

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a bill today that gives a penalty of life in prison for many homosexual sexual acts. Despite the homophobic policies in their own denominations, the reaction from the mainline Christian world has been swift. Some of the mainline folks I have read have consistently spoken very nasty of President Musevini and sometimes bordered on the same hate that he is perpetuating in Uganda. I have also been surprised by the many questions about where... Read more

2014-02-24T11:13:14-06:00

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Get in the Way / Bring them Close / Tell the Stories that Obstruct

Last updated on: February 24, 2014 at 11:13 am By Jeff Hood

In Matthew 25, Jesus talks about some sheep and goats…but this is more than a barnyard story. Jesus ultimately declares, “…what you have done to the least of these you have done to me.” In this passage, Jesus places Jesus’ self at the very center of injustice and oppression…and as such takes on such injustice and oppression. Jesus obstructs those who would want to continue committing injustice and oppressing people or would want to simply ignore such acts. Jesus... Read more

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2014-02-23T22:55:04-06:00

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Letter 2 / Death Row Inmate Will Speer on the Nature of God / Theology from Death Row

Last updated on: February 23, 2014 at 10:55 pm By Jeff Hood

Jeff and friends, This is long overdue and I am happy to be able to be a part of this and give my ideas, feelings and thoughts. “Theology from Death Row” I am excited to do this yet at the same time a little nervous! Smile! Before I begin I’d like to share some love and thanks to the people in my life that have helped me deal and mourn the lose of 2 family members and a dear friend. ... Read more

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2014-02-23T21:09:11-06:00

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The End: A Faithful Pilgrimage to Abolish the Death Penalty

Last updated on: February 23, 2014 at 9:09 pm By Jeff Hood

We have garnered much attention around throughout Dallas and Fort Worth and around the Metroplex for the cause of abolishment. We are very tired…but though our journey has ended…we will not stop walking and struggling for justice. Tarrant County District Attorney Joe Shannon, Jr. has consistently pursued the death penalty and we have not forgotten that fact. Every step we took today brought us one step closer to the day when there will never be another sentence of death... Read more

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2014-02-23T15:47:36-06:00

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The Start: A Faithful Pilgrimage to Abolish the Death Penalty

Last updated on: February 23, 2014 at 3:47 pm By Jeff Hood

This morning we are gathered here in Dallas as a faith community to express our frustration at Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. We have grown tired of hearing about his moral opposition to the death penalty. When people are being sentenced to death and executed…moral opposition to the death penalty is not enough. We do not want to see one more death sentence come from Dallas County or anywhere else in Texas for that matter. The Texas Coalition... Read more

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