Russ Jennings

114 posts

THE VIOLENCE OF DEMANDING PEACEFUL PROTEST, with Rev. Jeff Hood [LDT002]

http://traffic.libsyn.com/loveinadangeroustime/LDT002_-_Jeff_Hood_-_9-22-2014.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:41 — 51.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSOn August 9, a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, shot teenager, Michael Brown, who’s arms were raised in the sign of surrender. We are all familiar with the tumult of the next couple […]

My Fantasy Sunday Morning Church Service

It happened yesterday, Sunday, September 21. I arrived at church and what I found was my community preparing to go (together) to the People’s Climate March, here in New York City. I’ve often thought that if church is supposed to be the body of Christ, if church community was created […]

REBOOTING A CHURCH: Rev. Bob Brashear [LDT001]

http://traffic.libsyn.com/loveinadangeroustime/LDT001_-_Bob_Brashear_-_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:49 — 56.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSOur fist guest on this new podcast is Rev. Bob Brashear from West Park Presbyterian Church, on the Upper West Side in New York City. Bob’s church is facing the typical problems […]

The Missteps of the Clergy in Ferguson

A friend just forwarded me a terrific article from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, by Rev. Jeff Hood. (http://revjeffhood.com/the-violence-of-demanding-peaceful-protest-the-missteps-of-clergy-in-ferguson/). Rev. Jeff has nailed it. Some people who really don’t know much about Christianity, or religion for that matter, always glom onto the idea that Christians are looking toward a world […]