by David Hayward | Aug 17, 2013 | Feelings
I was Skyping with another TLS member yesterday and asked her a simple question: “What do you want?” It’s a simple question, but one I used to find impossible to answer. Many years ago when I was in one of my times of confusion, a mentor asked me the...
by David Hayward | Aug 16, 2013 | Feelings
I want to tell you a story of what happened to me last night. Lisa and I were invited to a friend’s house. She was one of my leaders and we were great friends. But when I left the ministry and the church we had a kind of falling out. We’ve been working on...
by David Hayward | Aug 15, 2013 | Podcasts
Today we’re meeting Charles McGarry. He and his wife Kellie are both members of TLS. He had been in pastoral ministry for many years but left ministry and the church in 2011. He’s come a loooooooong way. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
by David Hayward | Aug 14, 2013 | Ideas
The great French psychologist philosopher Jacques Lacan said that desire is not a relation to an object but a relation to a lack. We don’t desire what we have, but what we don’t have. The second noble truth of Buddhism is that desire causes suffering....
by David Hayward | Aug 13, 2013 | Feelings
As we go through periods of deconstruction or growth we may experience times of hopelessness. Actually, some hopelessness is good. For example, when my fantasies crumble, I can predict that I will occasionally feel hopeless. Letting go of beliefs that previously...
