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June 2018

June 22, 2018

God is Mocked.: Churches Respond to the Migrant Separation Crises

  For the second time in less than a week, I was forwarded an email...

November 2017

November 09, 2017

Cowards.

  Dozens and dozens of people were dead. The images were horrific. Yet again, someone...

June 2017

June 18, 2017

Disruption: The Language of God

  Today is the first Sunday after the acquittal of Officer Jeronimo Yanez. Nearing a...

February 2017

February 10, 2017

Pastors: Your Press Conferences Suck

  Early this morning, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed. I couldn't help but...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

The Children in Our Churches

  A few months ago, we were sitting in church when one of our babies...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

Don’t Go To Church. Be The Church.

Don't Go To Church. Be The Church.   Shortly before being arrested for civil disobedience,...

May 2016

May 28, 2016

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

  A United States soldier processed the flag of the United States of America in...

July 2015

July 22, 2015

Healing: A Visit and Conversation with the Rev. Dr. Garth Baker-Fletcher

  * This interaction is derived from a recent conversation that I had with the...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

The White Jesus is a Serial Killer

You see them lurking in the hallways of church after church. In the same tired...

April 04, 2015

Jesus is Dead! : An Easter Case for a Theological Resurrection

Throughout my ministry, I have heard awful stories of pain, abuse and suffering. Though the...

December 2014

December 07, 2014

The Real Church is in The Streets: A Speech Delivered to the Dallas Rally Against Police Brutality on December 5, 2014

  Whose streets???   Our streets!!!   Whose streets???   Our streets!!!   Good evening,...

December 07, 2014

The Letter from the Dallas County Jail

                Dear people of God,   I can't...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

Claiming Justice and Killing Jesus: The Execution of Willie Trottie

  "...I was in prison, and you visited me."  Jesus doesn't say, "I was not...

April 2014

April 27, 2014

Donald Sterling, Churches and Race

    I grew up on the Southside of Atlanta.  Our county transitioned from a...

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