I spent the day yesterday with two friends of mine, Brad Jersak and Peter Fitch, both theologians. Brad lives out in western Canada but comes to St. Stephen’s University every semester to teach crash courses. He was out this way and actually asked me to come and join...
Letter: Feeling your Feelings
When we change our beliefs and our allegiances, it’s also necessary to change our feelings about our feelings. I don’t know about you, but I was taught to not only distrust my feelings, but to neglect them, ignore them, repress them, apologize for them, and even...
Letter: 3 humble admissions we can make with confidence!
An important announcement first: the forums are reopened! Thanks to your extra donations I was able to hire the help needed to get the forums back up and running again. Your generous donations are devoted to making TLS the best experience possible for our members! So…...
Letter: one sad reason why TLS is the way it is
#TW suicide Hi guys! I want to tell you a story that might help you understand what helped to build my philosophy behind TLS and why I do the things I do the way I do them, and why TLS is the way it is. This story starts in the winter of 2007. Sarah, in the...
Letter: What are you going to do about it?
Good day everyone! We’re enjoying a long weekend here in Canada called Labour Day Weekend. The weather’s been awesome. I want to thank all those who donated towards the development and maintenance of TLS over the last week. A few of you asked me to remind us again...
Letter: Annual TLS Update and Financial Report (please read!)
It’s the 3rd anniversary of TLS. Hooray! I’m very happy. I had no idea we’d go this long. TLS is a thing! But I want to make it a better thing. And I want it to become a model of even better things to come and more things to come. So I’m asking you to read this if you...
Letter: Religion and Parents
Hi peeps! People are often confused about my views about religion. Some think I’m anti-religious. Some think I’m pro-. I’m neither. I hope I’ve come to a healthy place when it comes to my relationship with religion. So I want to talk about the different stages of my...
Letter: Is it possible to like them again?
On Saturday Lisa and I, along with my sister, my brother-in-law, and our 3 nephews, went to the local Farmers’ Market. It was a beautiful day and crowded with people. There was a steel drum band playing. The smell of fresh food being made was in the air. Lots of arts...
Letter: free download of eBook “The 5 Stages of Deconstruction”
Happy Sunday my friends! Today’s weekly letter is a simple one. I’m giving you a gift. It’s a free download of my new eBook I’ve put together, with the help of Eric Lawrence, a member of The Lasting Supper. It’s the beautiful printed version of “The Five Stages of...
Letter: the 4 major players in my (relatively) healthy deconstruction
the 4 major players in my (relatively) healthy deconstruction: I think this letter will be short and sweet. I want to share with you what the four major players were in my relatively healthy deconstruction. I say relatively because I did experience some major bumps...
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