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where are all the important people?

I remember during one Christmas season as a pastor of a church I brought a nativity scene made with rough olive tree wood from around Bethlehem. I talked about how unseemly it was and no important people were there. It was a rather uppity church with important people...

My Farewell Message When I Left the Church

As promised, I told you guys that as members of this site you would have exclusive access to my more private life and thoughts. So I wanted to share with you something I found in one of my files the other day. This was delivered in the Spring of 2010. It is the last...

Exercise: My Last Church

This is a video of me parked outside of the last church I pastored. This was taken this morning. What a strange, emotional feeling. I do not advise anybody to do what I explained in this video. That has to be totally spontaneous, voluntary and natural. Don’t...

painting: one tree one man

                                Loneliness. It’s human. Existentially so. Being part of the church for so long lead me to believe it wasn’t normal. I’m learning solitude....