by David Hayward | Oct 11, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm okay
I spent the day yesterday with two friends of mine, Brad Jersak and Peter Fitch, both theologians. Brad lives out in western Canada but comes to St. Stephen’s University every semester to teach crash courses. He was out this way and actually asked me to come and join...
by David Hayward | Sep 27, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm confused
When we change our beliefs and our allegiances, it’s also necessary to change our feelings about our feelings. I don’t know about you, but I was taught to not only distrust my feelings, but to neglect them, ignore them, repress them, apologize for them, and even...
by David Hayward | Sep 26, 2015 | Podcasts
A couple of years ago I interviewed Robin Kirk for our Meet a Member podcast. In it she talks a lot about the onset of her deconstruction, including her debilitating fear of Hell. I thought it would be helpful to go back and interview her again two years later to see...
by David Hayward | Sep 21, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm confused, I'm okay
An important announcement first: the forums are reopened! Thanks to your extra donations I was able to hire the help needed to get the forums back up and running again. Your generous donations are devoted to making TLS the best experience possible for our members! So…...
by David Hayward | Sep 13, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm sad
#TW suicide Hi guys! I want to tell you a story that might help you understand what helped to build my philosophy behind TLS and why I do the things I do the way I do them, and why TLS is the way it is. This story starts in the winter of 2007. Sarah, in the...