Jesus is Transgender Less than a hundred feet from residences, local authorities discovered the murdered and badly decomposed body of a transgender woman of color. The Dallas Police Department put out a detailed description of the body and asked for help. For weeks, no one had seemed to know who this woman was. Finally, when the woman was identified as 22-year-old Ms. Shade Schuler, I realized she’d been forgotten. Nobody seemed to care that a crime of hate... Read more
On the Nature of a Call or On Eating Sh** Luke 1:1-4 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order,... Read more
Water = Wine / aka Wine Fest, Hermeneutical Musings 1/19/25 John 2:1-11 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.... Read more
The Baptism of the Lord or The Lunacy of Greatness The Baptism of the Lord, Homiletical Musings 01/11/2025 *Based on a homily delivered at St. Oscar Romero Old Catholic Church in Little Rock, Arkansas Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than... Read more
January 11, 2025 Poetry is freedom. Poetry is our freedom. : On Poetry, from Death Row *Steven Nelson is a prisoner on death row in Texas. The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood serves as his spiritual advisor. This piece flows out of a conversation that Dr. Hood had with Nelson on poetry The description of thoughts set free are the undergirding of poetry. If we restrain the mind, we cannot describe the beauty of what we find. ... Read more
The People v. Alfred Bourgeois : The Execution of Innocence *Call President Biden to demand a posthumous exoneration for Alfred Bourgeois: Comments: 202-456-1111 / Switchboard: 202-456-1414 On December 11, 2020, Alfred Bourgeois, was one of the thirteen inmates executed by the federal government in Terre Haute, Indiana, during the rushed final executions of the first Trump administration, for the June 2002 murder and sexual assault of his toddler daughter Ja’karenn Harrison. Since the execution, Alfred’s oldest daughter... Read more
*Based on homily delivered at St. Oscar Romero Old Catholic Church in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2025 The Epiphany of the Lord Matthew 2:1-12 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come... Read more
The First Sunday of Advent Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin... Read more
. We paint…therefore we’re free. : On Painting, from Death Row *Steven Nelson is a prisoner on death row in Texas. The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood serves as his spiritual advisor. This piece flows out of a conversation that Dr. Hood had with Nelson on meditation Painting is both a medium and a gateway. Energy flows through the brush onto the canvas. Emotions pour out to make the shapes of our lives. No matter what we... Read more
Joe Biden just announced that he is commuting the sentences of a vast majority of people on federal death row (37 of 40). To this end, I have released the following quotes: “Just when I thought Joe Biden was going to give our nation some ethical clarity, he has presented us with a new nightmare…the ranking of murder victims. Either Biden finishes the job and commutes all federal death sentences or we are left in the same place we were before…a... Read more
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