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2017-03-18T23:50:40-06:00

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#20 / Jonestown Theology: Lenten Explorations in the Valley of Death

Last updated on: March 18, 2017 at 11:50 pm By Jeff Hood

God is never lost. In the midst of great evil, God is there. I have long wondered how Jonestown fits into such ideas. In the 1970s, Rev. Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple founded the settlement in the jungles of Guyana. After a few years of communal living, Jones led his followers to commit a mass suicide/murder that left over 900 people dead. The last words the community ever heard were recorded. Jones’ words are beyond disturbing. Evil resonates with... Read more

2017-03-17T22:56:41-06:00

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The Ferociousness of God / A Parenting Lesson

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 10:56 pm By Jeff Hood

Growing up, my mom was beyond loyal to us. My brother and I were wild kids. Consistently, we found trouble and trouble found us. In the midst of our atrocious behavior in public, strangers would sometimes try to discipline us. No matter what we did, a ferociousness arose in my mom. When someone made the mistake of laying a hand on us, my mom laid a hand on them. While public was for fiercely defending her children, private was... Read more

2017-03-17T15:12:25-06:00

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#17 / Jonestown Theology: Lenten Explorations in the Valley of Death

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 3:12 pm By Jeff Hood

2017-03-17T14:41:47-06:00

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#19 / Jonestown Theology: Lenten Explorations in the Valley of Death

Last updated on: March 17, 2017 at 2:41 pm By Jeff Hood

2017-03-16T23:48:52-06:00

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#18 / Jonestown Theology: Lenten Explorations in the Valley of Death

Last updated on: March 16, 2017 at 11:48 pm By Jeff Hood

“I’ve been living on a hope for a long time…” -Jim Jones Hope is not all that complicated of a construct. When we find it, we’re alive. When we don’t, we’re dead. There is no life apart from hope. Hope is God. God is Hope. When I hear Jim Jones’ words, I struggle to believe him. I know what was about to go down and so did he. Hope is about life not death. Jones is prove to... Read more

2017-03-15T18:11:51-06:00

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#16 / Jonestown Theology: Lenten Explorations in the Valley of Death

Last updated on: March 15, 2017 at 6:11 pm By Jeff Hood

“I’ve always put my lot with you.” -Jim Jones There is Christ and there is Anti-Christ. In what might sound like the words of Christ, Jim Jones declared that he was putting his lot with his community. Unfortunately, this didn’t turn out to be true. Jones was pushing the community to a suicide that he would not fully emulate. When the time came to die, almost everyone in the community took a lethal dose of cyanide. Afraid of... Read more

2017-03-14T15:52:23-06:00

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Queer God Calling

Last updated on: March 14, 2017 at 3:52 pm By Jeff Hood

In many places, I’ve sought the Queer God. Sometimes I find divinity and sometimes divinity finds me. The nature of seeking is that God always finds us. Every journey is queer, unlike any other journey. The queerness of our lives is an emulation of the Queer God, in whose image we’re made. We are constantly living into God’s image…our own queerness. The queerer we become, the closer we draw near to divinity. To engage God in normative ways is... Read more

2017-03-14T00:41:28-06:00

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#15 / Jonestown Theology: Lenten Explorations in the Valley of Death

Last updated on: March 14, 2017 at 12:41 am By Jeff Hood

2017-03-14T00:32:44-06:00

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#14 / Jonestown Theology: Lenten Explorations in the Valley of Death

Last updated on: March 14, 2017 at 12:32 am By Jeff Hood

2017-03-13T00:11:44-06:00

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#13 / Jonestown Theology: Lenten Explorations in the Valley of Death

Last updated on: March 13, 2017 at 12:11 am By Jeff Hood

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