I went to church yesterday. A Vineyard. While everyone was worshipping to some worship songs I’d never heard before, as I read the words on the overhead and listening to my friend lead them, I found myself asking myself an interesting question: Why do I want to be...
Know Which Questions to Answer
KNOW WHICH QUESTIONS TO ANSWER One of the most important lessons I’ve learned over my years of being spiritually rebellious is knowing which questions to answer. I’ve concluded that most questions I’m asked are not borne out of a genuine curiosity or a desire to know,...
All Things Are Gathered
“… to gather up all things in him…” (Ephesians 1:10) This verse has always meant a lot to me. I’ve always understood this to mean that absolutely everything is gathered up in what is true. Nothing left behind! Like wheat in the harvest, everything is gathered...
No Deletes or Edits
I’ve decided “recovery” is a poor word to use to describe my life beyond the confines of the church and its religion and theology. Now, that being said, there were some things I needed to recover from, such as the atmosphere of control, manipulation, mind-control, and...
The 3 F’s
THE THREE Fs When Lisa and I left the ministry and, as it ends up, the church in 2010, we came to the conclusion that we had some work to do on our personal lives. The reason? We felt we’d been living under a heavy wet blanket for a long time, just being Christians...
The Passing of Another Member
It’s with sadness I announce the passing of another TLS member, Sarah Courtney-Dean. Just a couple of months ago we lost Chris McGill. That was a serious blow to our community. So is the loss of Sarah. Let me quote Ruth Calder-Murphy, one of our founding members who...
Beliefs are Real
I just returned from Toronto to be with my sister, Cathy, who had just had breast cancer surgery. I was there to spend the week with her following the surgery. I’m so glad I did. One night she was experiencing severe pain in her right breast. The pain escalated to the...
The Tools Religion Provides
I don’t have much to say today, but I do feel it is very important. Over the several decades of my interest in religion, I continually return to an even deeper conviction concerning my observations. And my conviction is this: I believe religion does provide some good...
The Main Lesson I Learn From Fasting
The Main Lesson I Learn From Fasting Every once in a while I’ll do a fast. I just did another one recently. From food. I’ve done other kinds of fasts. I will fast from alcohol, sex, TV, screens, speech, etc. Here’s the main lesson I always learn from fasting: I...
“Do You Pray?” My Attempt to Answer.
"Do You Pray?" My Attempt to Answer. I’m often asked how I pray. This is intimately related to my view of “God”, so I treat this question with great caution and respect. Lisa and I talk about this quite a bit as well. I distinctly remember when we first left the...
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