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2018-01-07T00:26:16-06:00

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The Money: A Parable of Sorts (Part 1 of 8)

Last updated on: January 7, 2018 at 12:26 am By Jeff Hood

The mountains have never been kind to my family. People just keep on getting rich off our kind. The haves have all that there is to have. We don’t have a damned thing. Once or twice, I tried to consider what it might be like to live like that…but when it came right down to it…I couldn’t even muster up the head magic to know where to start. I know it’s wrong. I just didn’t know what to do... Read more

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2017-12-31T22:53:22-06:00

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Learn to love again: An Annual Letter to the Editor on the Death Penalty

Last updated on: December 31, 2017 at 10:53 pm By Jeff Hood

December 31, 2017 *annual letter to the editor on the death penalty Learn to love again Christopher Wilkins, Terry Edwards, Rolando Ruiz, James Bigby, TaiChin Preyor, Robert Pruett and Ruben Ramirez. Supposedly, their demise made us safer. I doubt that you’ve heard these names. I doubt that you know you killed them. These are the names of persons who we executed this year. To say they were executed by the state... Read more

2017-12-27T06:55:24-06:00

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The Baby from Bethlehem: A Palestinian Revelation

Last updated on: December 27, 2017 at 6:55 am By Jeff Hood

The Baby from Bethlehem: A Palestinian Revelation Palestinians are amongst the most oppressed peoples in the world. Everyday, the lives of Palestinians are controlled. Energy is controlled. Food is controlled. Movement is controlled. Water is controlled. Every facet of the lives of Palestinians is controlled. It makes sense that Jesus was born in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem. The incarnation of God is always created in the oppressed. Mary and Joseph were just striving to survive. The shepherds... Read more

2017-12-23T00:14:04-06:00

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Jesus Murdered Twice in Bexar County…Merry Christmas?

Last updated on: December 23, 2017 at 12:14 am By Jeff Hood

Bexar County, Texas- Tires screeched. Adrenaline rushed. Time raced. This is what these cowboys lived for. They caught her in the very act of theft. She was going to pay. Did they see a gun? It’s hard to say. But don’t they always see a gun? Such words are always an excuse to light somebody up. After an extended period of time, they cornered her in a trailer park. They just knew that this is where her kind... Read more

2017-12-26T06:15:30-06:00

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Born of a Virgin: I Believe

Last updated on: December 26, 2017 at 6:15 am By Jeff Hood

Candles burned. Colors exploded. Music flowed. Words shocked. The entirety of my being beheld the glory of the coming of the lamb. I could see her. God was so close. I clung to the Virgin as the bearer of God. Christmas was in my very soul. I knew it would last forever. It didn’t. The years brought doubt. Is there a God? This is too fantastical. Did God really come to earth? This is a... Read more

2017-12-17T20:06:25-06:00

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Theologies of Santa

Last updated on: December 17, 2017 at 8:06 pm By Jeff Hood

Growing up, I never liked school all that much. I found it to be a waste of time. In addition to boredom, I was incredibly lonely. At lunch, I told everybody around me that I believed in Santa. Multiple students began to make fun of me. It was around this time that people started making fun of me for believing in God. I am not ashamed of the Gospel. I am not ashamed of Santa. I am not ashamed... Read more

2017-12-10T12:38:58-06:00

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The Slaughter of Joseph or Daniel Shaver

Last updated on: December 10, 2017 at 12:38 pm By Jeff Hood

Have you ever wondered what happened to Joseph? He was slaughtered in Mesa, Arizona. The early days were full of struggle. Forced to endure a difficult pregnancy, Mary and Joseph finally arrived the place of birth. Every room was full. So they found the best place they could and prepared for the birth. The loud cries of birth pierced the night sky. In the hills, there were laborers. They were awoken by a loud noise. Looking up,... Read more

2017-12-09T23:38:56-06:00

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Dead Body Disqualifies Valdez

Last updated on: December 9, 2017 at 11:38 pm By Jeff Hood

*Dallas Morning News Editorial // appearing online on December 9, 2017 @ https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/12/08/joseph-hutchesons-death-shows-lupe-valdez-qualified-governor // appearing in print on December 11, 2017 On drugs and out of his mind, Joseph Hutcheson raced around Dallas. It was Aug. 1, 2015, and Hutcheson knew he was taking a ride for his life. With every second, he felt worse and worse. Seeing the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, Hutcheson swerved to a stop. Seeing the glass doors, Hutcheson raced up the concrete hill. Busting the lobby... Read more

2017-12-07T21:33:13-06:00

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Tell Me The Truth: Thoughts on Our Times

Last updated on: December 7, 2017 at 9:33 pm By Jeff Hood

Tell me the truth. One of the oddest beliefs in human existence is in this idea of truth. There is no truth. There is only us. We are truth. There is only now. It is truth. Or maybe there is nothing at all. I don’t know the truth. I have long been fascinated by the events at Jonestown. Nearly a thousand people committed suicide under the guidance of Jim Jones. How did such a thing happen?... Read more

2017-12-04T23:54:47-06:00

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School Names Shouldn’t Be Racist

Last updated on: December 4, 2017 at 11:54 pm By Jeff Hood

“The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation…until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.” -Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States / in the film Birth of a Nation This is racist. Just the morning, we were headed to Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. My son is in kindergarten and gently asked me, “Who is Woodrow... Read more

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