In an effort to clean up our main site, I'm consolidating many of the exercises I found most helpful and popular with TLSers into one post. Whenever I come across a new one, I'll simply add it here. So if you're interested in exercises in the future, search for this...
Letter: You make me want to be a better man!
I want to talk with you about my friends for a moment. I want to tell you about them. My friends let me be me. They love me. Me as I am, not as I should be or not how they think I ought to be. They love me just as I am. I am free to be me without fear of censor or...
Letter: It’s your life and you are the builder of it
In 2002, in New Hampshire, I was fired from an international ministry for insubordination. I refused to participate in an enforced repentance that the leader ordered in order to cleanse the "sin in the house" that was adversely affecting book sales. That suddenly left...
Letter: how poetry can help you survive
Please read to the end. I have a few things to give away. I've been thinking a lot about poetry lately. Why poetry? One writer has said poetry is important because we can "say what needs to be said in a direct, powerful and beautiful way". Which is how I really want...
Letter: 3 Steps to Changing Your Beliefs
We are changing our beliefs! What I have always tried to do is provide a safe space to do that in. And, if possible, gather people together in order to support one another while going through this experience. I think this is what The Lasting Supper is mostly about. We...
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: Reframing Your Story So You Can Heal (and a free gift!)
I am so thankful for all of you. I'm feeling especially thankful today because I am seeing how much you guys care for each other. You affirm, encourage and support one another in amazing ways. I feel appreciative because I'm the recipient of your care as well. It...
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: You, Your Religion, and Releasing the Mutual Grip
(PERSONAL NOTE: I want to thank you guys for your support during our son Jesse's illness. He still has a pericarditis and pneumonia. But now he's home, getting rest, taking drugs and hopefully getting better. He's 25, active, and very frustrated right now. All our...
Letter: Why do you feel like you left a cult?
I'm becoming increasingly aware that even though I wasn't in a cult, I feel like I'm learning how live beyond leaving one. Do you know what I mean? Most of us know the signs of a cult: one charismatic leader very strong herd mentality uses of guilt and shame to...
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