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2014-02-20T20:57:04-06:00

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Letter to Dallas Co DA Craig Watkins from the TCADP Faith Community

Last updated on: February 20, 2014 at 8:57 pm By Jeff Hood

February 21, 2014 Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, Good morning. We bring you greetings on behalf of the hundreds of faith leaders who have joined the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. We must begin with commendations. We commend you for your pursuit of exonerations. We commend you for your honest assessment of the many race-based biases and injustices within our justice system. We even commend you for your often-declared moral opposition to the death penalty. ... Read more

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2014-02-19T21:29:02-06:00

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The Reason I Will Walk Prayerfully from Dallas to Fort Worth: Dallas County DA Craig Watkins, Tarrant County DA Joe Shannon, Jr. & the State of Texas’ Death Penalty

Last updated on: February 19, 2014 at 9:29 pm By Jeff Hood

On February 21, 2014, I will walk prayerfully from Dallas to Fort Worth with my colleagues from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Rev. Wes Magruder of the North Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and Lynn Walters of Hope for Peace and Justice. Our Faithful Pilgrimage to Abolish the Death Penalty will begin with a press conference in Dallas and end with a rally and press conference in Fort Worth. We intend to speak... Read more

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2014-02-17T13:08:02-06:00

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Leading With A Withered Hand

Last updated on: February 17, 2014 at 1:08 pm By Jeff Hood

Rarely do I preach a similar sermon in the same day…but today is an exception. This morning at Prism Denton we discussed the man with the withered hand found in Mark 3. Jesus approached the man with the withered hand and asked him to extend it. In an instance…the withered hand was healed. Truth be told, I have been stuck on that withered hand all day. The extension of the withered hand was a very vulnerable act of exposure... Read more

2014-02-16T21:39:17-06:00

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The Withered Hand, The Undivided Heart and The Undistracted Church

Last updated on: February 16, 2014 at 9:39 pm By Jeff Hood

There was a man with a withered hand. Jesus approached the man with the withered hand and asked him to extend it. In an instance…the withered hand was healed. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on your purview, I think Jesus is a secondary character in this episode. The main character is the man with the withered hand. It is interesting that Jesus asked the man to extend his withered hand. I believe the gentleman probably kept the hand stuffed... Read more

2014-02-15T14:57:57-06:00

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Turning Shitheads into Prayer Partners

Last updated on: February 15, 2014 at 2:57 pm By Jeff Hood

I woke up one morning last week and this message was posted on the wall of one of our church Facebook pages, “This church is the sickest of sick. The evilest of evil. The vilest of vile.” I deleted the comment like I do to all other queerphobic comments that are sent to us. Later in the morning, I had a conversation with someone I had not spoken with in some time and she quickly became enraged when she... Read more

2014-02-15T12:42:37-06:00

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We Can End This: Remarks to the Fort Worth Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Prayer Breakfast

Last updated on: February 15, 2014 at 12:42 pm By Jeff Hood

I believe in God…but most of all I believe in love. If we believe the writer of 1 John, God and love are synonymous terms. The question of the death penalty is a question of love. How far will our love and forgiveness extend? Will our love span the entire cycle of violence from the crime victims all the way to those who sit on death row to everything in between and beyond? Can you love someone and execute... Read more

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2014-02-15T10:14:47-06:00

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The Journey to Abolition: Remarks to the Dallas Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Prayer Breakfast

Last updated on: February 15, 2014 at 10:14 am By Jeff Hood

“Jesus hung on a cross for a long time and had plenty of time to abolish the death penalty…but you know what…he didn’t.” These types of arguments and similar words filled the pulpit of the Southern Baptist Church of my youth. I was taught that the economy of God revolved around vengeful wrathful and the constant exchanging of death for death. I had never cried at a movie before…but the depiction of the relationship between Sister Helen Prejean... Read more

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2014-02-12T20:05:38-06:00

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The Wise Men Deconstructed or The Lack of Wisdom in the Wise Men

Last updated on: February 12, 2014 at 8:05 pm By Jeff Hood

Have far would you travel to meet God? The idea of incarnation is that God is present where we are. It seems that the answer to the aforementioned question comes easy in the light of a true belief in incarnation of God with us. I don’t think you have to travel far at all to meet God. I believe you just have to open your heart. The birth narrative of Jesus would not be complete without the so-called... Read more

2014-02-12T00:01:03-06:00

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The Paralytic Church, Queerphobia & Frank Schaefer

Last updated on: February 12, 2014 at 12:01 am By Jeff Hood

Do any of you believe in healing? Do you believe that Jesus actually healed a paralytic in a house full of people? What if someone rolled into this space in a wheelchair this morning to ask for our prayers and walked out? There are many of you who would explain it away at all costs. You simply could not handle the thought that a real healing might have actually taken place. I want to remind everyone that it will... Read more

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2014-02-07T12:50:13-06:00

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Islam, Rihanna & the Surprise of Belief

Last updated on: February 7, 2014 at 12:50 pm By Jeff Hood

There are many days I wake up and know that I am going to be a little crazed today and perhaps for a few weeks or months if it lingers. My brain simply feels different. I act and think differently too. I was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder a few years ago. In my condition, I often oscillate around in an aggressive mixed state of hopeless depression and uncontrollable mania. In these mixed states of mania and depression, much... Read more

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