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Working to End the Death Penalty
Jesus was killed by the death penalty. My neighbors, the ones left to do the country’s dirty work, are bearing our burden.
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How We Balance Life and Death On One Word
The Supreme Court has let us off the hook again. I don’t really think we’re cruel people. But the evidence again proves me wrong. The Supreme Court, in its 8-1 decision in Kansas v. Carr did not rule on a landmark Death Penalty case. It is only landmark for those three persons on death row who…
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For Proclaiming the Gospel, Context is Everything
Between the Lectionary and the world, we’re getting hit with fireballs: the kind of truth that burns and purifies, leaving us naked and lost. I know I wasn’t the only one on Sunday, talking about Jesus in the Temple. A story often referred to as a “cleansing” of the Temple, but more to the point,…
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Inevitable Disappointment
Mad Priest says it the way I wanted to yesterday. Click over and read it here.