Hi everyone! My passion, my mission, and I choose to accept it, is to help people on their journeys of spiritual independence, and to provide safe places for spiritually independent people to gather. The other night Lisa and I went to a wedding. There were a lot of...
“A Space for Love” by TLSer Pat LafordGreen
Thanks Pat for providing this week's letter for our members. You really have expressed how wonderful the community is. Pat wanted me to attach this fun-loving photo of him. If you're not a part of our private Facebook group, please reply to this letter and let me know...
“Human” by TLSer Charles McGarry
I thought it would be cool to give other members the opportunity to provide posts and letters to our members. There is so much collective wisdom within TLS that I'm sure this will provide great food for us. Thanks Charles! Here's his letter from his blog post:...
The Hunter and the Hunted
I want to tell you a little story of something that happened to me many years ago in the woods. I was thinking about this event in my life as a parable for my spiritual life. Maybe yours too. I used to hunt. On this occasion I was hunting deer. At the time we lived in...
vacation can be centering
My family is going on vacation tomorrow. In a rare opportunity, we are all meeting in Costa Rica to spend two weeks together. We haven't done this since the kids were little and we went camping together. We're very excited. I'm looking forward to being able to relax...
How people respond to my freedom is their issue!
Hi Crazy Quilt! I was pretty much raised in the church. One of the strongest teachings was that we were not to offend others and make them stumble. At first this made perfect sense to me. I’m not sure when I realized I never believed smoking or drinking was a sin....
You Don’t Have to Be Anything
Hi guys! One of the more delightful things we provide at The Lasting Supper is the occasional video meet-up. It’s just another way for TLSers to connect, and those who participate enjoy them very much! A while ago when we had one I felt the usual stress to make people...
It’s okay to be fluid!
I live on the Kennebecasis River. It’s deep, wide, and beautiful. It also changes every day. No two days is it the same. It’s constantly moving. It has a constant impact on its surroundings. We’ve lived here for 13 years. Sometimes we consider moving. But then we...
10 Things I Could be Embarrassed About
Hi my friends! This morning as I was catching up on the news online, I came across a video of one of the Brownsville, Florida, revival meetings. In case you didn’t know, I was in the middle of the whole renewal movement. You know… that phenomenon that really began at...
my top 10 most influential books revisited
Some of you requested that I write out the list of books that have most influenced me. So here you go. Understand that there are many authors that have impacted my life, and I will talk more about them in other posts… people like Eugene Peterson, C. S. Lewis, Zizek,...
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