No I don't listen to sermons anymore. Rarely anyway. Well, no I don't. I haven't in a long time. I tried to listen to a sermon someone linked me and it was just so… I don't know… I just couldn't do it. It wasn't touching me where I'm at. And I rarely pick up my bible....

I was talking with my counselor/coach/spiritual director the other day. She's a woman. An amazing person. I feel so fortunate to have run across her. I was sharing with her my vision for this site, my frustrations in trying to build a perfect place, and my doubts I...

*** Purchase a print of this cartoon! *** This is an oldie I drew a while ago and is quite popular. My views of heaven and the afterlife have changed. Actually, my heart and mind are far more at peace now that I've let a lot of my literalism go. Heaven is a metaphor...

Purchase the original or a print of this drawing. I was talking with a friend the other day about the whole idea of the importance of being able to question beliefs, ideas or theologies that are passed on to us. He told me how he grew up in church and how he loved it....

Purchase this picture! Have you ever felt this way? Like maybe there was something seriously wrong with you? Like people really thought that maybe something had snapped inside your head? Like maybe you should see a doctor? Like maybe you'll hopefully get better soon?...

The rain pours down from the heavens, making everyone and everything that lies beneath it wet with its being. Of course, you can position yourself inside under a funnel and imagine that you are the only one receiving it. That you are special. That you are the only one...

Labels are an easy way to intimidate people. All someone has to say to you is, "Oh! You're becoming a universalist!" and gallons of fear come flooding into your mind and heart. Just say, "No! I'm not sure what I am in that regard. I just believe that all means all,...

You've heard the expression "There are no atheists in foxholes." Which means that everybody under extreme threat will seek out a divine power to intervene and save them. No one is quite sure who coined the phrase. Obviously a believer. I've witnessed it. Heck, I've...

I would like to write this morning about abuse. I tweeted and facebooked a couple of statements last night: "It's abusive to criticize people for the way they speak out against how they've been abused." "No matter what the religious tell you, bestowing forgiveness is...