by David Hayward | Sep 21, 2013 | Exercises
So for today’s Saturday Spiritual Supplement, ask yourself one simple question: What is the one thing I am most passionate about and do really well? (I can hear the funny comments now. Okay, bring ’em on!) At the root of everything that I do is the fact...
by David Hayward | Sep 20, 2013 | Feelings
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post, All Illusion is Stripped Away, in which I tried to show how deconstruction is a healthy part of spiritual growth. Instead of the word “cell”, the monk’s room where she spends all her days, replace it...
by David Hayward | Sep 19, 2013 | Ideas
I’m a fan of Thomas Merton. He had a profound influence on my life. I believe he was a monk far ahead of his time. In fact, I believe his writing was unconsciously forecasting his own journey further away from normative Christianity and the arm of the church. It...
by David Hayward | Sep 18, 2013 | Ideas
I like this quote from Hitchens’, God Is Not Great: “Even though he (Socrates) was not in fact an atheist, he was quite correctly considered unsound for his advocacy of free thought and unrestricted inquiry, and his refusal to give assent to any dogma. All...
by David Hayward | Sep 17, 2013 | Spirituality
It’s strange, isn’t it? The longer you move away from something in your life the more unbelievable it sometimes seems. I can’t believe I was so enamored by that pastor and believed everything he said hook, line and sinker! I can’t believe how...
