by David Hayward | Feb 4, 2013 | Podcasts
My Mind is the Problem
by David Hayward | Feb 4, 2013 | Ideas
Rather than setting people free permanently, much of religion’s purpose is to keep people enslaved, repeat customers, with a lifetime commitment. Even when our innate freedom is staring us in the face and beating within our chest and screaming from our minds, we look...
by David Hayward | Feb 3, 2013 | Feelings
When you’ve been set free, as Sophia has, and once it has sunk in, and once you have learned how to live in it, and once you realize how near everyone is to realizing their own freedom, then you will do your part to release others. In fact, it will be automatic....
by David Hayward | Feb 2, 2013 | Feelings
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by David Hayward | Feb 2, 2013 | Exercises
It was a pleasure to watch this video of Viktor Frankl, a man I highly respect. His book Man’s Search For Meaning is still one of the most important books in my library. How can you “overestimate” a certain person in your life?
by David Hayward | Feb 1, 2013 | Spirituality
When I first published cartoon, it was very close to the end of my professional career as a pastor. Some people interpreted this as Jesus leaving… that Jesus was no longer a part of my life and that he wasn’t there. Others interpreted it that Jesus is...
by David Hayward | Jan 31, 2013 | Podcasts
Albino Cougars and Whales of the Deep
by David Hayward | Jan 30, 2013 | Ideas
Jesus is not located. He is not centered. There is no center. There is no boundary. There is no place, sacred or secular. The All in all cannot be found because this is nowhere. The All in all cannot NOT be found for this is everywhere. ALL MY ART, SOPHIAS, CARTOONS,...
by David Hayward | Jan 29, 2013 | Ideas
Group think provides many comforts. One of the major ones is that it validates what you’re thinking. In religion or the church, it validates your theology. Of course, it’s given you the theology it validates. So when you decide to think for yourself, you...
by David Hayward | Jan 28, 2013 | Ideas
Have you guys read The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion? It’s her powerful, articulate and moving account of the year following the death of the her husband. Unable to believe and process what happened to her, her loss, her mind continually played tricks...
by David Hayward | Jan 27, 2013 | David's Letters, I'm confused
I sent this out as my regular Sunday lap letter, but I’ll post it here for your convenience: Good morning my dear friends. And I do call you friends because that’s what you are. You are providing me with a deep sense of connection and understanding, as...
by David Hayward | Jan 26, 2013 | Feelings
One of our members, Pam Werner, posted this on her blog yesterday and it got quite a bit of attention. I thought it was an excellent post that we could use for our Saturday Spiritual Supplement. I really like how she took all the negatives and turned them around into...
by David Hayward | Jan 25, 2013 | Feelings
How have you blown the whistle? What were the consequences?
by David Hayward | Jan 24, 2013 | Feelings
Don’t say, “Oh, poor Sophia!” She doesn’t need anyone’s pity. She one strong female. These are battle scars from a personal war she’s won. She’s liberated and liberal. She boasts about her wounds. She uses her tender but tough heart, her smart and sharp mind, and her...
by David Hayward | Jan 23, 2013 | Ideas
This got tons of attention of the internet when I posted it yesterday. And the reactions were sometimes fierce. So I thought I’d post it here if you wanted to make any comments. I know some of you were directly under MD’s ministry.
by David Hayward | Jan 21, 2013 | Feelings
Well, a few of our members have asked that I post my cartoons and posts that I post on nakedpastor here as well. I assumed, without really thinking about it, that TLS members could check out the nakedpastor site for the cartoons and that I would post other stuff for...
