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October 2026

October 10, 2026

GOD Will Wipe Away the Tears from Every Face

"GOD will wipe away the tears from every face." Isaiah 25:8 GOD will wipe away...

September 2026

September 29, 2026

Why Can’t Anyone Say Evil? On the Execution of Christa Pike

Christa Pike and Colleen Slemmer In January of 1995, Colleen Slemmer walked into the woods...

September 26, 2026

God’s Sheep: The Ones Who Sleep Outside the Gate

John 10:27 (NRSV): "My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me."...

September 19, 2026

Keeping the Word : Living the Word : Changing the World

Keeping the Word Luke 8:15 "Blessed are they who have kept the word with a...

September 04, 2026

The Crayons We Hold in Common: On Jamaal Howard

"I carried crayons everywhere." The Night the Shots Rang Out On July 7, 2016, I...

August 2026

August 29, 2026

Get Behind Me, Satan: A Death Row Spiritual Advisor’s Sermon

The Passages: Get Behind Me, Satan From that point on, Jesus started making it clear...

August 23, 2026

The Marginalized and Oppressed: Who Do You Say That I Am?

Who Do You Say That I Am? - Matthew 16:13-20 Jesus asks his disciples who...

August 08, 2026

The Fourth Watch: Jesus, the Storm, Injustice & Drowning

Drowning in the Fourth Watch He fed everybody on the hillside. Then he put his...

July 2026

July 27, 2026

They Are Not Afraid of Us: The Death Penalty and Abolition

The Ongoing Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty The abolition movement has failed. Florida is...

July 04, 2026

America250. The Yoke of Christ & True Liberation for All.

America250: A reflection on Matthew 11:25-30 At that time Jesus prayed, thanking God for hiding...

June 2026

June 17, 2026

Dusty Spencer: The Oldest Man Florida Has Ever Executed

Slaughter the Old? There is an age at which the world is supposed to soften...

May 2026

May 20, 2026

Nitrogen, Steve Marshall’s Defeat & the Soul of the South

The Theology of Nitrogen: What Steve Marshall ’s Defeat Says About Death, Power & the...

May 19, 2026

Tony Carruthers : What the State Calls Sane Enough

Tony Carruthers : Sane Enough For months now, my phone has been filling up...

April 2026

April 30, 2026

Federal Judge: Alabama Lied About Nitrogen Execution Data

Alabama Lied About the Nitrogen Execution Data They lied. Federal Judge Emily Marks in Alabama...

April 17, 2026

The Monster: The Archetype of Evil and The Death Penalty

The Monster We Make: On the Archetype of Evil and the Logic of the Death...

April 06, 2026

The Dawn of Complicit Press

About Complicit Press Publishing books that expose state violence, demand moral reckoning and amplify silenced...

April 01, 2026

Good Friday, April 3: ‘The Spiritual Advisor’ Screening

This is not just a film screening. It is an invitation to witness. Watch Live...

April 01, 2026

Suffocation By Design: The Weight of Witness

*This post is part of a series of Holy Week reflections drawn from my new...

March 2026

March 16, 2026

Distributed Culpability and the Execution of Michael King

A Confluence of Evil: Michael King, Distributed Culpability & the Murder of Denise Amber Lee...

March 11, 2026

A Strange Witness: Cedric Ricks Said He Wanted to Die.

A Strange Witness I have been inside enough courtrooms to know that they lie to...

February 2026

February 24, 2026

Justice Sonia Sotomayor : Hollow Words Without Action

Justice Sonia Sotomayor is Troubled, and Voting Yes Anyway Justice Sonia Sotomayor is troubled. She...

February 24, 2026

Melvin Trotter: The Name We Are About to Forget

Melvin Trotter: The Forgotten Name There is a particular kind of silence that follows an...

February 17, 2026

The Death Penalty and the Prophetic Legacy of Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson and the Death Penalty The passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson invites not only...

February 14, 2026

Deadly Hearts : On Matthew 5:21-22

"You've been taught since childhood: don't murder, and murderers will face the courts. But I'm...

February 10, 2026

The Untold Struggle of Death Penalty Habeas Attorneys

Death Penalty Habeas Attorneys The writ of habeas corpus stands as the final bulwark between...

February 09, 2026

Governor DeSantis Must Stop Ronald Heath’s Execution

A Call for Mercy and Reason: Governor DeSantis Stop Ronald Heath's Execution! On February 10,...

January 2026

January 27, 2026

Death by State: ICE, Police Brutality and Executions

Death by State In January 2026, Minneapolis once more became a killing ground. Federal immigration...

January 11, 2026

Scott Colom & The Death Penalty: Performance Over Justice

Clay County District Attorney Scott Colom’s Rush to the Death Penalty Is a Failure of...

January 07, 2026

ICE Murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis: Time to Rage

The God Who Knows Blood: ICE and the Murder of Renee Nicole Good The Execution...

January 06, 2026

Kendrick Simpson: Oklahoma’s Execution of Trauma

We Are a Society That Punishes Survivors of the Horrors That We Create Kendrick Simpson:...