by David Hayward | Dec 30, 2013 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
So I’ve been writing a bit about finding help, either through counseling, mentoring, spiritual direction or coaching. I’ve done all of them. Problem: money. I’m not a rich man. I have three kids who’ve been going to university, etcetera, and...
by David Hayward | Dec 29, 2013 | David's Letters, I'm scared
Some time ago I wrote a post about the importance of using help when we need it. I received several requests for me to write something about actually finding good help. So this lap-letter is about finding, using and keeping the help. FINDING: A few years ago when I...
by David Hayward | Dec 29, 2013 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
Many years ago my spiritual director encouraged me to go on a retreat she was putting on. Lisa and I both went. During the retreat we were asked to share one of our greatest fears. I was new in ministry, had undergone a profound spiritual crisis, found a Catholic nun...
by David Hayward | Dec 28, 2013 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
Do you ever feel stuck? As we approach the New Year, perhaps you’re asking yourself how you can move on. I know I do. I think this is a healthy desire. Here are the three steps to moving on: Determine where you are. Socrates said an unexamined life is a wasted...
by David Hayward | Dec 27, 2013 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
I remember my grandfather telling me that aboriginal peoples never wasted anything. When they killed an animal, every part of the animal was used for something. Skins for warmth. Meat for food. Fat for fuel. Bones for tools and weapons. Organs for medicine. Nothing...
by Gerrard | Dec 26, 2013 | Ideas
I am no longer a slave to the facebook machine. Going back to old school – contacting people through email. gerrardpedz@gmail.com
by David Hayward | Dec 24, 2013 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
So on the heels of my lap letter that I sent out Sunday, when someone asks me, “Do you believe in God?” I can’t answer that question. It is the wrong question. For me, the statements “I believe in God” and “I don’t believe in...
by CeciliaDavidson | Dec 23, 2013 | Feelings
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/questions.cfm Somewhat relevant. My mom was a speech pathologist who eventually focused on students with more specialized special needs (read: developmental issues) and she might...
by Gerrard | Dec 22, 2013 | Ideas
From my blog: http://gerrardpedersen.com/blog/2013/12/22/liberty-is-indivisible/ Liberty is indivisible; one cannot curtail part of it without killing all of it. This little part you are curtailing is the very essence of my liberty; it is all of it. Bakunin I am not...
by David Hayward | Dec 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Since it is Christmas I thought we’d keep our Saturday Spiritual Supplement light. Today’s question: “How nerdy are you?” TAKE THE TEST I scored “somewhat nerdy”. I’m okay with that. Let us know how nerdy you...
by David Hayward | Dec 19, 2013 | Daily Toast, Feelings
Happiness is ours. It is not something to be achieved. It is something to be realized and enjoyed. I don’t know about you, but I was always taught that my greatest joy was suspended until after death. If was happy, it was because I was happy that one day I would...
by David Hayward | Dec 18, 2013 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
Just the other day I was talking with someone who is very close to me who is president of an international ministry. I don’t agree with much of his theology. But he really cares about people and pastors. He travels around the world serving churches and pastors...
by Gerrard | Dec 18, 2013 | Feelings
I don’t know where to put this – but this is based in feelings more than anything. I want to start adding more to this community and feel weird just focusing on myself, so feel free to go off on tangents of any kind and talk about your own experiences and...
by David Hayward | Dec 17, 2013 | Daily Toast, Spirituality
I got up early this morning. As usual. I finished posting today’s cartoon. The sun was just rising over the trees in my backyard so I went on my back deck and smoked my pipe as the sun rose. The sky was clear blue. No wind. Very still and peaceful and clean. So...
by Wade | Dec 17, 2013 | Feelings
Sometimes changes in the life around you can pile up. Christmas is definitely not the same this year, since my religious and spiritual feelings have changed. This makes it much harder to go through the motions of gift buying and so on. I’ve never been much for...
by Sandra C. | Dec 16, 2013 | Spirituality
Last night as I slept, my soul was guided back to the point of this current incarnation. Within the seemingly real-life images igniting my senses, the task was simple in theory: choose one of three paths to walk. The first path appeared before me as the young mother...
