How do I deal with loss? Not very well. I’m human. When I experience loss, I don’t pull out my trusty roadmap for suffering and loss and follow the guidelines. No one has written such a book because each and every response to loss is unique to that individual. There’s...
Letter: My Trap of Self-Pity
I want to share with you all a very personal story of mine. Please bear with me. I think this will be a short but to the point letter. As many of you know, I’ve had a very tough couple of weeks. It’s been grueling actually. It threw me into a funk that was very...
Letter: My Response to Last Week’s Crisis
Lisa and I just celebrated our 35th anniversary by going on vacation. We had a wonderful time. We’ve been through a lot. We’ve experienced a ton of stuff, under a great deal of strain, and been through tremendous joys. Most of the time we believed it was so wonderful...
Letter: Are you bored to death?
Every Easter I’m reminded of a Keith Green song I used to love that I would sing this time of year. One of the lines are, “Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and you can’t even get out of bed!” Yes! I just loved that judgmental attitude, although I didn’t think it was...
Letter: Can I Share My Grief With You?
Sometimes things seem so surreal. The last church I pastored, a Vineyard church (the one pictured here), just closed its doors and sold all assets, including the building, all the people have dispersed, and the pastor I’d left in charge moved away. Gone. All of it....
Letter: Why I Still Call The Lasting Supper a “Safe Space”
Hi everyone! Can you hear me buried underneath all of this snow? Almost all of the time, The Lasting Supper goes along just great. Not just goes along, but thrives with awesome interactions. I’m almost always impressed with the quality of people and conversations in...
Letter: A Free Gift of Sophia “Trapped”
I've been very busy working on my book. I'm also suffering from a terrible coughing cold this weekend. I've been trying to write a weekly letter to you, but nothing is working right now. So I hope that this gift to you will suffice for now. (I will send a letter this...
Letter: I affirm your pain during your personal transformation
I've been thinking a lot about the pain of transformation. Like growing pains. I sprouted up very fast as a teenager. It actually physically hurt. Especially in my legs. They say that the greatest stressors in life are things like illness, death of a loved one,...
Letter: My Dog Died: Reflections
My Dog Died: Reflections On Friday Abby died. I was out when Lisa called me on my cell and said Abby was actively dying. I rushed home. Abby was lying on a pillow on the floor. Lisa and Casile were with her there. I got down too. Eventually Jesse came home and joined...
Letter: 3 Observations from Speaking at a Unitarian Universalist Church
3 Observations from Speaking at a Unitarian Universalist Church I spoke at a Unitarian Universalist Church today. I've been there a couple of times before. Here's how I got acquainted with them: After I left the ministry and the church, I was a teacher at the...
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