by David Hayward | May 2, 2016 | Podcasts
Today’s podcast is with one of our TLS members, Julie-Anne Morris. I met Julie-Anne a few years ago while she was still living in Canada. We’ve been great friends. She has a great sense of humor. And this in spite of years of bewildering religious and...
by David Hayward | Apr 29, 2016 | Podcasts
Hi TLSers! Well, this is a first. Arda Gale, a TLS member, works in an observatory and we thought it would be cool to interview her by video so we could see her in her work environment and that maybe she could give us a tour. We were starting it as a test run and then...
by David Hayward | Apr 24, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm confused, I'm sad
I can tell when I’m being talked down to. I can tell when I’m being spoken up to. I can tell when someone is talking to me as an equal. When I was in Toronto attending to the details of my brother’s passing just over a week ago, a pastor and his wife came to visit my...
by David Hayward | Apr 17, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Thanks Pat for providing this week’s letter for our members. You really have expressed how wonderful the community is. Pat wanted me to attach this fun-loving photo of him. If you’re not a part of our private Facebook group, please reply to this letter and...
by David Hayward | Apr 10, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm confused
Here is a letter one of our facilitators who has been with TLS from the beginning, my good friend Kristie Hayes. Really good insight and advice here. Thanks Kristie! Here it is: Beliefs I define beliefs as “thoughts we give a lot of power to that can ultimately affect...
by David Hayward | Apr 6, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
I thought it would be cool to give other members the opportunity to provide posts and letters to our members. There is so much collective wisdom within TLS that I’m sure this will provide great food for us. Thanks Charles! Here’s his letter from his blog...
by David Hayward | Mar 30, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
I want to tell you a little story of something that happened to me many years ago in the woods. I was thinking about this event in my life as a parable for my spiritual life. Maybe yours too. I used to hunt. On this occasion I was hunting deer. At the time we lived in...
by David Hayward | Mar 20, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm confused, I'm scared
So Lisa and I are in Costa Rica. We met our three children here, Joshua (29), Jesse (27), and Casile (23). Josh treated us with the airfare and some of the arrangements which made it entirely possible for us all to do. We’re away a total of two weeks. What a wonderful...
by David Hayward | Mar 14, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
My family is going on vacation tomorrow. In a rare opportunity, we are all meeting in Costa Rica to spend two weeks together. We haven’t done this since the kids were little and we went camping together. We’re very excited. I’m looking forward to...
by David Hayward | Mar 7, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Hi Crazy Quilt! I was pretty much raised in the church. One of the strongest teachings was that we were not to offend others and make them stumble. At first this made perfect sense to me. I’m not sure when I realized I never believed smoking or drinking was a sin....
by David Hayward | Feb 29, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Hi guys! One of the more delightful things we provide at The Lasting Supper is the occasional video meet-up. It’s just another way for TLSers to connect, and those who participate enjoy them very much! A while ago when we had one I felt the usual stress to make people...
by David Hayward | Feb 21, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm confused
In last week’s letter, It’s Okay to be Fluid, I talked about how it’s okay not to be one thing all the time, that we are constantly changing, nothing’s permanent, and that we should embrace these beautiful transitions in our lives… like seasons… like a river. Someone...
by David Hayward | Feb 14, 2016 | Podcasts
Today I had the pleasure of talking with one of our members, Graham Jenkins. I enjoyed our conversation because his journey is quite different from mine. A lot of my deconstruction included my disentangling myself from a life enmeshed with the church. His spirituality...
by David Hayward | Feb 7, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm okay
I live on the Kennebecasis River. It’s deep, wide, and beautiful. It also changes every day. No two days is it the same. It’s constantly moving. It has a constant impact on its surroundings. We’ve lived here for 13 years. Sometimes we consider moving. But then we...
by David Hayward | Jan 31, 2016 | Podcasts
I worked for John Paul Jackson of Streams Ministries International. When we moved to New Hampshire in 2002 to do this, we meet Anne Clay… her real name is Ruth. We became good friends and still are to this day. She’s also a member of TLS. The other day I...
by David Hayward | Jan 18, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm confused, I'm scared
This is inspired by one of the very first posts I wrote for TLS way back in 2012. When you leave the church, you might feel a little lost. You might feel that your spirituality, like water poured out of a bottle into the sand, is just spreading out in all directions...
