HOW TO HANDLE YOUR SECRET IDENTITY I’ve noticed lately in our private Facebook group that many of us are dealing with the fear of coming out to our families, friends, and acquaintances. When we change our beliefs, our faith, our religion, or lose them altogether, many...
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: 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...
Letter: The One Thing That Will Kill a Marriage
One of the areas of our life most affected when we go through major spiritual change is our relationships. Fellow-workers, employers, family, friends, and even enemies. Significant others, partners or spouses. So today's letter is about our romantic relationships or...
Letter: The Church’s Victim Mentality We Must Discard
Today's letter is about a very sensitive topic: victim-mentality (***So right from the beginning I want to assert that I know there are real victims in this world and even among our membership. I know what it is like to be victimized. I and my family! There have been...
Forgive me TLS, for I have sinned. Will you hear my confession?
I know. That's a really dramatic title. But I seriously would like to make my confession. Will you hear it? We had an incident in our Facebook group this weekend. Some conflict. What was really frustrating for me was we were in the middle of the post-tropical storm...
Letter: What Do You Do After a Spiritual Tsunami Hits?
Right now I'm sitting looking over the river and drinking a Sapporo beer. Yum! What do we do after a tsunami hits? What do we do after the devastation of deconstruction of our faith, our beliefs and our religion? I was inspired by a video series I watched on YouTube...
Letter: Let My Issue a Warning about the Dangers of Deconstruction
Hello my friends. Before I begin, I would just like to thank the 76 TLSers who completed the survey. Some very important things came to light and I'm going to be implementing changes in an attempt to meet your needs and fulfill your desires for The Lasting Supper. The...
Letter: Do You Fear the Fear?
I did a cartoon this morning about Noah's ark since it's coming up in the news lately. Plus because the new Noah movie coming out with Russell Crowe I suppose. When I was growing up I was fascinated with Noah's ark. I loved animals. I loved the bible stories. My dad...
Video: Stop Worrying About What You Believe (read or watch!)
If you prefer to watch me read and expand on this letter, CLICK HERE! Good morning my friends! (I'm always aware when I say good morning that it might not be morning where you are or when you read this, but alas!) It's a bright day and the snow is brilliantly...
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