by David Hayward | Apr 26, 2013 | Feelings
This is probably the best description of courage I’ve read in a long time. It is written by G. K. Chesterton in his book Orthodoxy: “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die....
by David Hayward | Apr 25, 2013 | Feelings
Get out of your head and into your body. I’m preaching to myself here. But maybe you can overhear. Although I encourage people to think, I also encourage people to get into their bodies. When I go through really intense intellectual or spiritual transformations,...
by David Hayward | Apr 24, 2013 | Feelings
Yesterday I brought home a fresh bouquet of tulips for Lisa. They are bright yellow with a tint of orange. Green leaves and stems. She did her last shift of her preceptorship in Palliative Care. Now all that’s left is her graduation ceremony and writing her...
by David Hayward | Apr 23, 2013 | Feelings
Want to smile and maybe laugh? We can have fun on TLS. If you’ve ever been in a chatroom or at a Potluck Hangout, you know what I’m talking about! This is my own cheesy Christian t-shirt design, “Jesus Is My Spotter”. But one of our members...
by David Hayward | Apr 22, 2013 | Spirituality
What an incredible Potluck! By the way… if you guys have any suggestions for future potlucks, including times, topics and other practicalities, please let me know. I always love the surprising variety of nutritious food everyone brings to the table. This...
by David Hayward | Apr 20, 2013 | Spirituality
I highly recommend watching “To The Wonder” by Terrence Malick. He wrote and directed my favorite movie of all time, “The Thin Red Line”. I love anything he does. But this one… wow! Watch it if you can. I found the rich...
by David Hayward | Apr 19, 2013 | Spirituality
I just want to inform you of the Potluck we’re doing on Sunday, 1pm PST, called “Changing In Front of Your Children”. Sign up. This Potluck Hangout is specifically about how to spiritually change in front of your children. For example, if you begin...
by David Hayward | Apr 18, 2013 | Ideas
One of the important lessons we should learn from the Bible is that even if you are right you could be horribly wrong. The greatest example is Satan. He quotes scripture. He says things that are right. Even in the temptation of Jesus, he was right. Yet he is called...
by David Hayward | Apr 17, 2013 | Ideas
I’ve developed a workshop on questions. I show my many cartoons on powerpoint while I talk about what I think are different questions. I use the analogy of a doorway with hinges to represent the three kinds of questions: closed: These questions have yes or no...
by David Hayward | Apr 16, 2013 | Spirituality
One of the most challenging tasks Lisa and I ever took up was changing in front of our children. I don’t mean our clothes. I mean our spirituality. Even though Lisa and I left the church three years ago when our three children were young adults, deconstructing...
by David Hayward | Apr 15, 2013 | Videos
Last night’s Potluck was fun, as always. We had a pretty full sitting as we gathered around the table and shared what each one brought. There’s lots to chew on here… from God shaped holes to atheists who see angels to Jesus who walks on a donkey....
by David Hayward | Apr 14, 2013 | Feelings
This is one of my favorite and most popular watercolor paintings. It captures what things look like this time of year where I live. The air is warming up and the ice has mostly melted. But there are places in the forests and marshes that never receive sunlight and the...
by David Hayward | Apr 13, 2013 | Ideas
Magical thinking is rampant. Religion is its favorite culture. Every once in a while I’ll read a book I know I will recommend over and over again to those I think are ready, willing and able to read it. Have you read The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion?...
by David Hayward | Apr 12, 2013 | Videos
I know many of you have seen this video of me hanging out with students and profs at St. Stephen’s University in New Brunswick, Canada. I post it here because I want to include it in The Lasting Supper’s archives of Potlucks. Here’s why: I give a...
by David Hayward | Apr 11, 2013 | Ideas
The Lasting Supper is made up of people across the spectrum of belief and non-belief. Actually, that is one of the values we promote here… diversity! For some diversity is threatening. Many people are most comfortable hanging out with a homogeneous group. It is...
by David Hayward | Apr 10, 2013 | Feelings
Although, inevitably, we must all walk our own unique spiritual paths, isn’t it wonderful to come across fellow travelers along the way? I claim the existential feelings of loneliness are a part of a genuine spiritual journey, I also claim that companionship is...
