by David Hayward | Aug 30, 2012 | Feelings
I can’t count how many times this has been used on me. And when I resisted I was called a weakling. A wimp. A spiritual pussy. Back in 1997 when we were going through a horrendous church split, largely due to the intrusion of the previous pastor in our affairs,...
by David Hayward | Aug 29, 2012 | Feelings
A friend sent me this video today. I wept all the way through it. Experiences like this I call “spiritual”. How did you react to it? I’d like to know. I’m not sure exactly why I found it so moving. Was it… I want to go to Burning Man? the...
by David Hayward | Aug 29, 2012 | Ideas
I wrote on my other site that I am amazed at how important some issues seem when you are immersed in a certain culture. But once you extricate yourself from that culture, after a while you realize that those issues that were so important are totally irrelevant. Like...
by David Hayward | Aug 28, 2012 | Ideas
There are just so many problems with that idea I can’t even try to begin! For example… right off the bat homosexuality, never mind homosexual activity, is a sin. But more than that, it attempts to draw a line between the person and his or her state of...
by David Hayward | Aug 26, 2012 | Spirituality
There have been just a few times in my life when I feel I’ve received direction or revelation from something Other. On the other hand, I have come out of a Christian culture that hears from God a million times a day. I’m serious! For so many years I was...
