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2016-06-13T14:28:49-06:00

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Move Your Ass

Last updated on: June 13, 2016 at 2:28 pm By Jeff Hood

Move Your Ass Get Out of Your Seat We Have Got to Pray for These Streets Don’t Delay We Haven’t the Time To Sit Around and Wait for the Next Crime Move Your Ass Get Out of Your Seats We Have Got to Pray for These Streets Keep Walking Mind Every Crack We Haven’t the Time To Sit Around and Wait for the Next Attack Move Your Ass Get Out of Your Seats We Have Got to Pray for... Read more

2016-06-11T22:44:17-06:00

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Learning to Die/Fly

Last updated on: June 11, 2016 at 10:44 pm By Jeff Hood

Nearly four years ago, I was working as a chaplain at JPS Hospital in Fort Worth. The downtown level one trauma center was often a wild place to be. On a relatively sleepy Sunday afternoon, we got word that an airplane crash victim from Roanoke was being flown in. I’ll never forget what he looked liked when he arrived. I was terrified. I’d never seen a human body look like that before. It was as if someone had crushed... Read more

2016-06-09T15:50:49-06:00

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On Conflict: Conversations with a Disciple

Last updated on: June 9, 2016 at 3:50 pm By Jeff Hood

*Christian Parks is accompanying me again this summer. Throughout our time together, we will post brief snippets of our conversations. C: How should Christians engage conflict? J: Brother Christian, we are called to create moral conflict. We are called to trouble the waters. We are called to cause a disturbance. I’m not interested in all of these calls for peace when there is no peace. I’m tired of stagnated and decaying Christians telling me to tone it... Read more

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2016-06-08T23:00:13-06:00

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Chickens After Dark

Last updated on: June 8, 2016 at 11:00 pm By Jeff Hood

Chickens after dark I hear you call You know my name I long for God Tell me your secrets Your eye leans in Bawk Bawk Bawk Bawk That was it Everything’s not dead after all Read more

2016-06-08T01:10:28-06:00

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Hillary Clinton is the AntiChrist

Last updated on: June 8, 2016 at 1:10 am By Jeff Hood

*I wrote, “Donald Trump is the AntiChrist” in December 2015 and still stand behind the contents of the article. Here are 5 Reasons I Also Think that Hillary Clinton is the AntiChrist: Clinton’s immigration policies are opposed to Christ’s command to welcome the stranger. Clinton’s economic policies are opposed to Christ’s command to care for the least of these. Clinton’s militaristic outlook on foreign policy is opposed to Christ’s command to seek peace. Clinton’s policies on race are opposed to... Read more

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2016-06-07T23:45:49-06:00

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Stop With the Damn Resolutions

Last updated on: June 7, 2016 at 11:45 pm By Jeff Hood

No More Resolutions Nothing is Ever Resolved You Are All Still the Cowards You Were Before You Entered the Voting Halls Give You Lives to Something More Than Doing Exactly What You Did Before These Denominational Votes Are Such A Heist Be it Resolved to Stop With the Damn Resolutions And Finally Learn to Live Like Jesus Christ Amen. Read more

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2016-06-02T23:51:59-06:00

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On Silence

Last updated on: June 2, 2016 at 11:51 pm By Jeff Hood

Growing up, I was told that I needed to have a daily time of silence. In college, I was told I needed to meet God in the silence. In seminary, I was told that silence is a spiritual discipline. Now, I’m told that silence should be at the core of my spiritual life. Please, shut the fuck up. In our age of injustice, the only way to follow God is to speak up. We don’t need more silence. Amen. Read more

2016-06-02T00:09:28-06:00

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The Death of Heroes and The Divinity of Difference

Last updated on: June 2, 2016 at 12:09 am By Jeff Hood

Most people don’t know that I love comics. For a long time, I was scared to tell people. How can anyone be a serious scholar when they fill their minds with illustrated boxes and word bubbles? I don’t care about the questions of dumbasses anymore. I’ve learned to just be. Furthermore, I’ve learned to find God in the magic of those flimsy little books. Truthfully, I find few things more intellectually stimulating than sitting in our backyard surrounded by... Read more

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2016-05-30T01:05:53-06:00

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A Memorial Day Prayer

Last updated on: May 30, 2016 at 1:05 am By Jeff Hood

Oh False God That We Call America Unhallowed Is Your Name You Help Us Kill And Assert Our Will On Earth As We Think It Is In Heaven Oh One True God, Save Us From This Bullshit We Are In Dire Distress Give Us This Day Our Daily Brains Forgive Us For Killing Our Enemies As We Forgive Those Who Kill Our Friends Lead Us Not Into The Temptation of Nationalism For Thou Is The Destroyer Of Our Patriotism Now... Read more

2016-05-28T23:16:08-06:00

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The United States Flag at the Front of the Church is Blasphemous

Last updated on: May 28, 2016 at 11:16 pm By Jeff Hood

A United States soldier processed the flag of the United States of America in to our sanctuary as we stood at attention singing “God Bless America.” The veterans in our midst were honored as we sang the “Star Spangled Banner.” The “Battle Hymn of the Republic” proceeded the pastor’s fiery sermon on the coming destruction of our beloved nation if we “…did not turn from our wicked ways.” Somehow gays, abortion and popular culture always made it into these... Read more

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