God is Sick: The 2020 Writings

In the crucible of 2020—a year defined by pandemic, racial reckoning, political upheaval, and unrelenting violence—Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood confronted the raw manifestations of a suffering divine. God is Sick: The 2020 Writings collects his unflinching reflections, sermons, essays, and prophetic cries from that fateful period. From George Floyd's final prayers to the Capitol insurrection condemned from the grave of Officer Brian Sicknick, from COVID-19's assault on the vulnerable to defiant stands for religious liberty and disability justice, Hood wrestles with a God who is intimately wounded by human cruelty. Drawing on radical theology, queer perspectives, abolitionist fervor, and mystical Baptist roots, these writings challenge white Christianity's complicity, question slogans in times of crisis, and proclaim a love that refuses to be contained by empire or death. Hood's voice—fierce, vulnerable, and unapologetically prophetic—invites readers to see God not as distant or triumphant, but as sick with the world's pain, yet rising in resurrection hope. Part of The Collected Writings of Jeff Hood series, this volume captures a theologian and activist at the edge of despair and faith. For anyone grappling with justice, faith, and survival in chaotic times, these words matter.