I had a strange thing happen to me the other day. A friend posted this picture on facebook. This friend is from years ago when I was in the renewal movement… a movement in which the Vineyard church was involved, and included miracles, very passionate worship music,...
ask me anything
Good day folks! One of the things I really miss about being a pastor of a local church is the teaching part. I love teaching! My teaching style though is not monolog but dialog. I always encouraged interaction. I invite questions! So I want to invite you guys to ask...
do not cast your pearls before swine
You've heard the saying of Jesus, "Do not cast your pearls before swine." The basic meaning of that is don't share yourself… your truth… your life… anything of yourself that is of value to you, important to you… with those who won't appreciate it. They'll trample it...
using the new site
We pretty much have the new site up to where we want it. We might just try to improve the chat feature at this point. I would love it if more and more of you started posting some of your stuff here. I know Facebook is a great habit, but maybe we can start posting some...
The Lasting Supper is where you Help Yourself!
When I started The Lasting Supper about a year and a half ago, the branding guy that came up with the name also came up with our motto or slogan: "Help Yourself!" It was perfect. And it still is. Why? For a few reasons: Regardless of what you've been taught, the truth...
you all are pioneers
This is something I notice about nearly everyone at The Lasting Supper. Let me compare you to pioneers. So I basically see three stages to what has happened or what is happening or what will happen to you: You realize you're not happy where you are. You're not...
rebelled or expelled
You're new wine. Many of the biblical characters stayed within an institution as long as they could until it could no longer contain them so that they either rebelled or were expelled. Abraham and his father's house. Moses and Egypt. Jeremiah and Israel. Jesus and the...
the delights of acting childish
I wrote a post and drew a cartoon today for nakedpastor that has to do with denial called "Life's Tsunamis and the Four Stages of Denial". You might find it helpful. But I thought I would write the opposite for you as a balance. Sometimes it's fun to act like a child....
Sink or Skim
(*** This picture is my wood-cut/block print of my favorite theologian Karl Barth, based on the last photograph of him alive.) In the old days when there weren't so many books, people would stay with a book for a long time. Then, people would sink into a book and live...
Pete Seeger’s Spirituality
Pete Seeger is dead at 94. He was chopping wood 10 days ago. He co-wrote "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", one of America's most iconic songs. Hence the cartoon. What was Seeger's spirituality? There's this: When asked about his religious or spiritual views, Seeger...
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