by David Hayward | Jun 12, 2013 | Spirituality
You look at your spouse and say, “I don’t know you anymore. You’ve changed.” Your spouse looks back at you and says, “Actually, I think you’re the one who has changed.” I’m going through another major spiritual shift...
by David Hayward | Jun 11, 2013 | Ideas
Thanks to @wayner for reminding me of Parker Palmer. Here’s a short video: I found this quote about Palmer: “… faith is a misunderstood word. Faith is not a set of beliefs we are supposed to sign up for… It is instead the courage to face our...
by David Hayward | Jun 10, 2013 | Spirituality
“The Cloud of Unknowing”: A Christian classic. Unknowing. Yep. That’s me. Could that be you? An interesting thing happened to me the other day. I was talking with someone who used to go to my church that I pastored. I was talking about really missing...
by David Hayward | Jun 8, 2013 | Spirituality
My wife Lisa picked up a book many years ago that she still highly values by Sister Joyce Rupp, a member of the Servite community, “Praying Our Goodbyes”. A common theme in all of our lives is grief. We have all had to say goodbye, we’ve all...
by David Hayward | Jun 7, 2013 | Feelings
I apologize up front for this larger than usual Daily Bread. But please read on. Many people don’t realize this, but what appears to be a smooth transition from the New Testament to the early church to the present day is exactly that… appearance. The wonderfully...
