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January 2016

January 20, 2016

I Believe in IT : The God Beyond God

*Delivered at The Church at the Table in Houston on 1/20/2016 While language can...

January 18, 2016

The Thingyness of God

*Based on a talk delivered at The Church of the Table in Fort Worth...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

The Church: The Limelight (Part8of15)

*Though this is definitely outside of what I normally write, I’ve decided to publish a...

December 09, 2015

The Church: The Explosion (Part7of15)

*Though this is definitely outside of what I normally write, I’ve decided to publish a...

December 08, 2015

The Church: The Details (Part6of15)

*Though this is definitely outside of what I normally write, I’ve decided to publish a...

December 04, 2015

The Church: The Service (Part4of15)

Though this is definitely outside of what I normally write, I’ve decided to publish a...

December 03, 2015

The Church: The Start (Part3of15)

Though this is definitely outside of what I normally write, I’ve decided to publish a...

December 01, 2015

God Has AIDS

Our God is born of flesh. Our God lives in flesh. Our God dies in...

November 2015

November 26, 2015

Frances Hood: The Last Thanksgiving

I recounted the following story after I found out my grandmother died a little...

November 25, 2015

The Courage to Be Queer: A Message for Trinity Presbyterian Church in Denton, Texas

*The above picture was drawn of me by a congregant while I was preaching the...

November 11, 2015

I Don’t Believe in Celebrating Veterans.

Ray Hood was a hero of mine. Late at night, he would gather us around...

November 08, 2015

Opening Prayer at the Fellowship of Reconciliation Centennial Gala

*My daughter Madeleine joined me on stage. Oh God, we thank you for 100 years...

November 02, 2015

God Damn these Hate Crimes and the Institutions that Fail to Act to Prevent Them

Just a few months ago, trans woman of color Shade Schuler was murdered in this...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Standing in the Need of Prayer

What happened? What was that? I felt something. It was more than something. It felt...

October 22, 2015

The Greatest Narcissist of Them All: God

For the last few days, I've been involved in the gathering of a new progressive...

October 12, 2015

The Closing Prayer at WE ARE NOT AFRAID: LGBTQ Responses to Hate

*Prayer given on 10/11/15 at a rally to respond to recent beatings and murders in...

October 05, 2015

The Dangerous Views of My Professor Dr. Heath Lambert

Throughout my life, I've experienced attraction to both men and women. Growing up Southern...

October 04, 2015

The Finger

Car after car sped by. I looked into the eyes of every face. The...

October 03, 2015

Walk to Stop Executions: A Preflection from Ohio

"...tell the Gissendaner family that I am so sorry. That amazing man lost his...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Christians Killed Kelly Gissendaner

1.75 million Southern Baptists forced her down the hallway. 619 thousand United Methodists strapped...

September 24, 2015

A Cosmology of Darkness

The darkness was. The darkness is. The darkness will be. The darkness is God....

September 12, 2015

“Beyond Identity: The Image of a Queer God”

-Preached at Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) in St. Louis, MO on Sept. 7, 2015...

September 08, 2015

Only Kim Davis Can Save Us

With a population of less than 24,000 people, Rowan County, Kentucky is an unlikely...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

Joseph Hutcheson and a Failure of Identity Politics

“Why???” The tearful words of James Hutcheson echoed loudly against the jail. Throughout last...

August 16, 2015

We Forgot Ms. Shade.

Less than a hundred feet from residences, local authorities discovered the badly decomposed body...

August 12, 2015

The Brutality We Ignore

Under the auspices of enforcing the law, they came to the door. Grabbing the...

August 11, 2015

Christian Taylor Did Not Die in Vain

* Despite my physical absence, I just sent in this statement for tonight's rally for...

August 10, 2015

The Indictment of the Institutional Church

"Can you imagine Jesus sitting on his ass while people are gunned down...

August 07, 2015

The Intern Monologues: Last Things with a Spiritual Son

*This is the last intentional conversation of Christian Parks' summer internship. J: Christian,...

August 01, 2015

I Believe in Thou.

Thou found me. I didn't know you were looking. Thou knew me. I didn't...