Haircut & Homily

This is perhaps one of my favorite stories. I told it for the first time at my mother’s memorial service. Even as I told it, I could hear her voice say my name, “DAY-vid … I don’t remember that at ALL.”

Homily & Haircut No. 7: Ding Bust It

By David Jenkins

I remember my ordination well. It was the culmination of years of hard work and study. I no longer have the piece of paper that proved me to be a pastor. Instead, comma I have shoeboxes full of cards and notes from people over the years affirming that call.

Homily & Haircut No. 6: A Piece of Paper

By David Jenkins

This is a very thinly disguised timeline of the first forty-five years of my life.

Homily & Haircut No. 5: Patterns and Shadows … Waiting to Dance

By David Jenkins

My parents were not ones for frequent public displays of affection. Only a few years back, and it could be costly as a gay man to exhibit public displays of affection. The height of irony it to be beaten up for kissing someone.

Homily & Haircut No. 4: Public Displays of Affection

By David Jenkins

I began dating Picasso after breaking my arm. There were moments of high romance and tender mercies during that time. Unfortunately, he did not paint my picture. He only changed the way I looked at men and at life.

Homily & Haircut No. 3: Picasso

By David Jenkins

The internet and social media has blurred forever the lines between fact and fiction. I have no way to prove that this story is true, but it felt true to me at the time.

Homily & Haircut No. 2: Lions, Tigers, and Bears … Oh My!

By David Jenkins

There was a time in America where some felt that posting the ten commandments in public settings would save us from our moral decline. The campaign failed to materialize.

Homily & Haircut No. 1: Interview With a Rabbi

By David Jenkins