by David Hayward | Oct 31, 2013 | Ideas
The other day I said to a good friend, “You’re perfect. It’s just integrating the pieces.” I remember once reading the theologian John Calvin and he said that the Fall represented the disintegration of the person. Unfortunately, he grimly...
by David Hayward | Oct 29, 2013 | David's Letters, I'm angry, I'm sad
One of the most important aspects of community is strong moderation. If you are not involved with the community, make sure someone is. With my online community, I am not only involved, keeping an eye on things, but I have what I call “scouts” who love the...
by David Hayward | Oct 28, 2013 | Ideas
So today’s toast is based on yesterday’s Lap Letter about my experience of going to church. It was actually a positive experience. The three things I felt were: loved, valued, and stretched. Read the Lap Letter to see what I mean. My conclusion is that...
by David Hayward | Oct 26, 2013 | Exercises
Yesterday one of our members talked about writing a letter to an imaginary friend. It was her way of articulating where she is at right now spiritually. She shared a link to the post in our secret Facebook group. It was a good read! I’ve done this many times....
by David Hayward | Oct 25, 2013 | Feelings
That’s a quote from an old hymn, “Blessed Assurance”. Once in a while old hymns like this one emerge in my consciousness. My favorite hymn of all time is “For the Beauty of the Earth”. I still remember singing this as a very small child...
by David Hayward | Oct 24, 2013 | Spirituality
Here’s a quote from one of my most favorite thinkers and writers, Wendell Berry: “There are no sacred and un-sacred places. There are only sacred and desecrated places.” If you want to watch a very rare and excellent interview of Berry, you can watch...
by David Hayward | Oct 23, 2013 | Feelings
(*** A young woman contacted me the other day about his cartoon that was originally a white couple. She and her husband are Jamaican with dreads and she wondered if I could make the couple look like them. She sent an adorable photo of them. She also wanted him to say...
by David Hayward | Oct 22, 2013 | Podcasts
Meet Cecilia TLSers! A member of The Lasting Supper. What a wonderful, engaging and enlightening 20 minute chat! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN.
by David Hayward | Oct 21, 2013 | Feelings
Here’s a little exercise, and I’d love to hear about some of the results! Let us know. Here it is. “Get Angry”:
by David Hayward | Oct 19, 2013 | Feelings
Unlike all of you, I have some bad habits. They are your typical sins that I have tended to fall into when I’m going through a difficult time. They are: drinking too much; smoking too much; and being horny too much. It’s not that there’s anything...
by David Hayward | Oct 18, 2013 | Feelings
I have a few scriptures that I will never forget. I still treasure them. Psalm 39:2 was always important to me: “My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue.” Basically, David talks about how at times he...
by David Hayward | Oct 17, 2013 | Ideas
I noticed something personal about myself the other day. No, it’s not that lovely freckle in that special place. It’s something I’ve been doing for years and never even noticed until recently. Here it is… I like to keep 3 kinds of books on the...
by David Hayward | Oct 16, 2013 | Podcasts
You guys always amaze me, and Inga Dahl did not disappoint! Her story, like all of ours, is fascinating. Even though she was nervous about being interviewed, she did an amazing job of sharing her story and ideas. She possesses a resilience that I witness being...
by David Hayward | Oct 15, 2013 | Feelings
I had a conversation with a woman recently who was very sad that I was no longer going to church. She was even crying as she tried to express the heart of Jesus that not all churches were bad, that he sees my pain and wants me to heal from my hurt and let my wounds...
by David Hayward | Oct 14, 2013 | Feelings
For many of us, the church was a place of very unnatural and complicated relationships. In fact, often our relationships were codependent where jealousy, envy and competition was rampant. In such contexts feelings of exclusion, being ignored, unappreciated or needing...
by David Hayward | Oct 12, 2013 | Exercises
For my birthday Lisa gave me a book I’ve been anxiously waiting to read, M.E. Thomas, Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight. I haven’t been able to put it down. Why did I want to read this? Same reason I read Cormac...
