by David Hayward | Jan 19, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm confused
I’ve been thinking about pain… most recently this morning when I ran 6K in the cold snow and ice. I wanted to share with you guys why I think pain is sometimes a good thing. Now, to be clear, pain is sometimes a signal that something is being violated....
by Keetcha | Jan 19, 2014 | Spirituality
This is a mini-memoir describing and focusing on the process, deconstruction and remaining journey of my religious and spiritual life as I have experienced it in the 51 years I have inhabited this planet. This life of mine is a meandering and conflicting story, a sort...
by David Hayward | Jan 18, 2014 | Exercises
I know we’ve talked about books before. You can search “books” on the main site and it will take you to our previous discussions. But I don’t think I’ve asked you this question: What is the #1 book of all time that totally blew your mind,...
by | Jan 18, 2014 | Ideas
So…lucky enough to have a Skype conversation with David today. Always invigorating. Always challenging. Always reminds me that I’m sane. I’m grateful. We caught up. We shared stories. We commiserated. We talked of our endless desires, his and mine....
by David Hayward | Jan 17, 2014 | Videos
I did a short video today that describes the three basic groups I’ve discerned on The Lasting Supper. It is a generalization, so it’s simple in hopes of helping us understand the dynamics of our community. I’ve been in all three groups and am bound...
by Keetcha | Jan 17, 2014 | Spirituality
I joined Lasting Supper to continue my spiritual journey and to find an accepting community within which to do so. Not knowing exactly how to begin, I’ve been reading other’s posts and thinking a lot about what I wanted to say. So in trying to decide how to start I...
by David Hayward | Jan 16, 2014 | Daily Toast, Feelings
I often hear someone talking about a leader in their church being passive aggressive. One example from a while ago was when the pastor was obviously talking about certain people in the church in his sermon, but he didn’t name names. And he used the bible to...
by David Hayward | Jan 15, 2014 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
I woke up early this morning to see Lisa off to work. She’s working in Hospice today. She suggested when I meditated this morning I should look out the window at that scene. The full moon is shining over the ice of the river, the lights from the opposite shore...
by David Hayward | Jan 14, 2014 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
In the film Prometheus, there is a very gory and graphic scene of the heroine Elizabeth Shaw, played by Noomi Rapace, surgically removing an seeded alien from her abdomen all by herself. You can see a small clip of it here. I warned you. When my daughter Casile and I...
by Amy | Jan 14, 2014 | Spirituality
I wasn’t sure where to post this, so I’m putting it here. Heck, I don’t even know what category it goes in. This is the only place I feel comfortable sharing this, as I don’t want to write a public blog post. I especially don’t want to...
by shade | Jan 14, 2014 | Spirituality
i wrote tonight about baptism, and what i remember. there are pieces i still can’t voice that came with that day, but the overall feeling is there. i’m lost. how do people think this is ok? and how could i have believed and promised so much just to fit in?...
by David Hayward | Jan 13, 2014 | Daily Toast, Ideas
Thinking for ourselves is difficult. It is hard work. It takes time and energy. This is why we seldom do it. Let me give you an example: Julian Assange. My initial opinion of him was that he is a brave and visionary man who changed the flow of information in our...
by kjstanton | Jan 12, 2014 | Spirituality
James Mulholland used to be a pastor (Quaker and Methodist), and he had written (or co-written) several books at that time on Christian universalism that were very helpful to me in my own journey away from my fundamentalist background. I recently discovered that he...
by David Hayward | Jan 12, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm confused, I'm scared
The art is something I drew a couple of years ago called “Afloat”. As you can see, the man is floating in his own tears. Ya. That’s a real pick-me-upper. But hey! I was going through a tough time. But you wouldn’t know about that. I compare the...
by David Hayward | Jan 11, 2014 | Daily Toast, Podcasts
I had a wonderful 20 minutes chatting with a fellow-Canadian, Scott Gillespie, also known as “cowboyjunkey” on TLS. Take a listen to our conversation and find out what things influenced him to change his mind: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
by David Hayward | Jan 10, 2014 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
I’ve never been much of a team sports player. I prefer things like hunting, fishing, hiking, kayaking, long distance running… the kind of sports that you usually do alone. At least I do. Or maybe with one or two buddies. No… with me it’s alone. Like when I...
