by David Hayward | Apr 15, 2019 | David's Letters, I'm sad
Hi guys. Boy, I tell ya, I get a real mishmash of messages from people. I went through a period last week where I was being attacked online again. It hurts me because I have a sign over my desk that says, “Just help people!” I only want to help people. But it seems...
by David Hayward | Apr 10, 2019 | David's Letters, I'm angry, I'm confused
Hi guys! I’m creating a course on “How to Leave the Church”. (If you have any ideas you want to throw my way, I welcome them!) Anyway, I’ve been doing some research on it, and I was shocked to discover that there aren’t that many resources online. Well, not really...
by David Hayward | Mar 18, 2019 | David's Letters, I'm okay
PUT YOUR OWN MASK ON FIRST! Imagine sitting in an airplane with your kids and your oxygen mask drops down. Your first impulse is to get the masks onto your kids. But you remember the very clear instructions: “Put your own mask on first!” So you do. Let’s unwrap that...
by David Hayward | Mar 10, 2019 | David's Letters, I'm okay
REVERSE-ENGINEER YOUR HAPPINESS The kind of religious culture I grew up in taught me that pursuing my own happiness was wrong. Not just wrong. Sinful! I had to pursue God’s happiness and then he would make me happy. Maybe. Once I left that toxic religion, I had to...
by David Hayward | Feb 5, 2019 | David's Letters, I'm okay
GROWTH MEANS EXPANSION I know I’ve spoken about this before, but I really do think this is important for us. I used to think of personal growth as linear. In this case, we progress along a line, a continuum, like a snail, slowly but surely. We leave our past behind us...
