by David Hayward | Oct 9, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm confused
A very interesting thing happened to me this week. Someone on Facebook asked me which theologian I like to read. I suddenly realized that I don’t read theology. Not anymore. I used to. I used to be obsessed with it. I devoured it. I had thousands of theology books and...
by David Hayward | Oct 2, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm sad
Good morning my friends. I awakened very early this morning from a dream. When I wake up I usually can’t get back to sleep so I got up and made coffee. I’m drinking it now and decided to write my weekly letter to you. It’s been percolating for a while, and it’s time I...
by David Hayward | Sep 25, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Distance Makes the Heart Grow… The other day Lisa and I visited with a friend who went to the last church we pastored. The one I left in 2010. She stayed after we left for as long as she could. But she eventually left as well. We are still friends. The pastor...
by David Hayward | Sep 18, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned since I launched The Lasting Supper in 2012 (Wow! Four years ago!”) is that TLSers are generally speaking fiercely spiritually independent. Let me explain what I mean by that. When I started TLS, I initially thought it would be...
by David Hayward | Sep 11, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm sad
My life used to be so full of people! Every week, sometimes several times, like clockwork, I thrust myself into the midst of the devout throng to conform and perform. Was that the price for love? It was beautiful then I thought. Now, I wonder… How beautiful was it,...
