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Emotional at Church Yesterday

by | Jun 11, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm confused

I went to church yesterday. A Vineyard. While everyone was worshipping to some worship songs I’d never heard before, as I read the words on the overhead and listening to my friend lead them, I found myself asking myself an interesting question: Why do I want to be...

Know Which Questions to Answer

by | Jun 3, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm okay

KNOW WHICH QUESTIONS TO ANSWER One of the most important lessons I’ve learned over my years of being spiritually rebellious is knowing which questions to answer. I’ve concluded that most questions I’m asked are not borne out of a genuine curiosity or a desire to know,...

All Things Are Gathered

by | May 27, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm sad

“… to gather up all things in him…” (Ephesians 1:10) This verse has always meant a lot to me. I’ve always understood this to mean that absolutely everything is gathered up in what is true. Nothing left behind! Like wheat in the harvest, everything is gathered...

No Deletes or Edits

by | May 13, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm okay

I’ve decided “recovery” is a poor word to use to describe my life beyond the confines of the church and its religion and theology. Now, that being said, there were some things I needed to recover from, such as the atmosphere of control, manipulation, mind-control, and...

The 3 F’s

by | May 6, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm okay

THE THREE Fs When Lisa and I left the ministry and, as it ends up, the church in 2010, we came to the conclusion that we had some work to do on our personal lives. The reason? We felt we’d been living under a heavy wet blanket for a long time, just being Christians...

The Passing of Another Member

by | Apr 29, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm sad

It’s with sadness I announce the passing of another TLS member, Sarah Courtney-Dean. Just a couple of months ago we lost Chris McGill. That was a serious blow to our community. So is the loss of Sarah. Let me quote Ruth Calder-Murphy, one of our founding members who...

Beliefs are Real

by | Apr 23, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm scared

I just returned from Toronto to be with my sister, Cathy, who had just had breast cancer surgery. I was there to spend the week with her following the surgery. I’m so glad I did. One night she was experiencing severe pain in her right breast. The pain escalated to the...

The Tools Religion Provides

by | Apr 18, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm okay

I don’t have much to say today, but I do feel it is very important. Over the several decades of my interest in religion, I continually return to an even deeper conviction concerning my observations. And my conviction is this: I believe religion does provide some good...

Being Heard is Being Healed

by | Mar 19, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm okay

The Lasting Supper is a different kind of community. I’m not saying we’re special. Okay… maybe I am. But not in a boastful way. Just in a matter-of-fact way. I’ve been a member of many online communities, and from my observation they just don’t do well. There is...

Are You Trapped, or Afraid?

by | Mar 11, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm scared

One of the worst feelings for me to feel is “trapped”. There have been several times in my life where I’ve felt trapped. In a job. In a relationship. In a belief system. I find it interesting now that each and every time I felt trapped… sometimes for years… it took a...

Reactions to your Change

by | Feb 24, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm confused, I'm sad

I had a strange conversation the other day that is like so many other conversations I’ve had since I left the ministry and the church in 2010. However, thinking back on it, being fiercely independent with an unquenchable curiosity for the truth, I’ve experienced these...