I saw this image the other day of Orthodox priests praying between the police and protesters in Kiev during the riots. It's a powerful image that reminds me of an apocalyptic computer game. It moved me deeply. I'm often asked how I pray. This is intimately related to...
I drew this cartoon a couple of years ago. But it so aptly pictures what happens on TLS all the time. This is why I think you guys are amazing: you are in touch with your struggle you have the courage to share you patiently listen you graciously offer support Do you...
I've read this, and I've experienced this to be true. Often the traumas we experience are so difficult and even so impossible to deal with that we allow them to freeze over. As a result, our traumas with all the associated memories and pains are no longer felt. If we...
Wouldn't it be lovely if we could suddenly live our lives with no anxiety at all and no ambiguity? We would fulfill the preachers' cry that demands we must not worry and that we should not doubt, that we should always be at peace and clear on what is true and not...
One of the biggest problems with religion is that it focuses on the fruit rather than the root. Remember the parable Jesus told about the gardner who found the tree that wasn't bearing any fruit and he was going to dig it up and burn it? The owner said to dig around...
Welcome to The Lasting Supper! Welcome to The Lasting Supper where you can help yourself! I'm so glad you decided to join us. We are a very active community with over 300 members so far. The community itself provides so many resources as well as mutual support for...
I often hear someone talking about a leader in their church being passive aggressive. One example from a while ago was when the pastor was obviously talking about certain people in the church in his sermon, but he didn't name names. And he used the bible to criticize...
I woke up early this morning to see Lisa off to work. She's working in Hospice today. She suggested when I meditated this morning I should look out the window at that scene. The full moon is shining over the ice of the river, the lights from the opposite shore...
In the film Prometheus, there is a very gory and graphic scene of the heroine Elizabeth Shaw, played by Noomi Rapace, surgically removing an seeded alien from her abdomen all by herself. You can see a small clip of it here. I warned you. When my daughter Casile and I...
Thinking for ourselves is difficult. It is hard work. It takes time and energy. This is why we seldom do it. Let me give you an example: Julian Assange. My initial opinion of him was that he is a brave and visionary man who changed the flow of information in our...
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