This book consists of seventy articles written about items in the daily news. They are 700 to 1,000 words each. The articles consider aspects of how Blacks are going backward rather than forward: educationally, politically, spiritually, socially, psychologically, and economically. Ideas were germinated from the Internet, TV, magazines, newspapers, and a lifetime of experiencing trials and tribulations. Most of these articles were my own creations. Some of the ideas are personal while some ...

This personal account of the experience of an ordinary person-thrust into the public arena by circumstances beyond his control-exposes political conflict at the community level as the basis of self-government. What the author learned as he grew into the role of public citizen is vital to the restoration of our republic.Set in 1990s Puget Sound between Seattle and the Canadian border, Blind Spots is the story of how industrial-backed terrorism-using racial and religious div...

This is a book about the author’s writing career. It shows the blood, sweat, and tears that went into his writing: his background; why he must write; how he got a grip on the writing process; and how he began to write for his life. He suggests that everyone has a purpose in life, and writing is his purpose. He also puts forth the idea that there is nothing better than a writing career. There is beauty in writing and expressing oneself.

This book puts forth the idea that rather than there being a “God, or a Balance in the Universe”: “God is the Balance in the Universe.” It also puts forth the idea that Jesus Christ was basically conceived by 300 Roman Catholic Bishops at the Nicene Council in 325 A.D. The Bible is indeed not the Word of God, neither was it influenced by God. It consists of Fables, parables, myths, folktales, and allegories taken from other mythical-religious doctrines. The Bible consists of too many incon...

"How I Became Dysfunctional: Notes from a Personal Perspective," is a book of essays about the author's family dysfunctions. It outlines the experiences of the author's family and many other Black families in this country. It pinpoints the Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome as being responsible for most of the dysfunctions in the Black family. The author gives details about his family's dysfunction from his own unique perspective. He takes us on a brief-wild ride where you must buckle your seat...

“Three-Hundred-Sixty Degrees of Life in America,” is a book of sayings, statements, ideas, thoughts, maxims, and affirmations. It describes the author’s experiences as he navigates from a beginning in rural East Texas town, to college, to the military (in the military he spent time in Orlando, Florida; Great Lakes, Illinois; and Chelsea, Massachusetts), back to Houston, Texas to graduate school, and finally settling in a South Suburb of Chicago. He talks about the things he has learned in ...

“Where I’m Coming From: My Life in Verse,” is a book of forty-six poems that is a kind of memoir written in poems. The author covers the beginning of his life in East Texas, going to college, to the Navy, back to graduate school, and finally settling in a South Suburb of Chicago. The author came from humble beginnings, but was able to attend college, and have a wonderful family. He describes all these scenarios in his poems. It has not always been easy, but then life is not easy for anyone...

If God can't prevent evil, what can God do?In his best-selling book, God Can't: How to Believe in God and Love After Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils, Thomas Jay Oord solves the problem of suffering. Oord offers five aspects of a real answer to why a loving God doesn't prevent pointless pain. The most helpful: God can't stop evil singlehandedly.In this follow-up, Oord answers questions God Can't readers asked about his ground-breaki...

This book fundamentally changes the game for the Church of the Nazarene.A growing number of people are calling for fresh conversations about sexuality and gender. And many want fundamental change. This book gives voice to those people.There are strong reasons the Church of the Nazarene should become fully LGBTQ+ affirming. The writers of these essays – whether queer or straight – lay out those reasons, share their experiences, and explain why change is needed.Love r...

We have good reasons to believe God exists. But there are good arguments against the existence of deity.The best reasons to believe revolve around the call for love, beauty, justice, and social order. A good God is likely the inspiration for all that's good. And the best arguments against God's existence assume deity is all-powerful. An omnipotent God likely does not exist.In this short but powerful book, Thomas Jay Oord argues that a ...

IVP Readers' Choice AwardRarely does a new theological position emerge to account well for life in the world, including not only goodness and beauty but also tragedy and randomness. Drawing from Scripture, science, philosophy and various theological traditions, Thomas Jay Oord offers a novel theology of providence—essential kenosis—that emphasizes God's inherently noncoercive love in relation to creation. The Uncontrolling Love of God provides a clear and ...

Deconstruction is hard!Bad views of God and harmful experiences lead many of us to deconstruct. But we’re right to run from the nonsense we’ve been taught and from those who hurt us.God After Deconstruction will not be welcomed by traditionalists. It’s not a book for people who want the status quo or who think conventional theology works. It isn’t for people who just want to tweak a bit what they’ve been taught.Thomas Jay Oord