I don't need to be anywhere. I don't need to be a Christian. I don't need to be in church. I don't need to be an atheist. I don't need to sign a membership card. Anywhere! Except maybe Cosco. Courage means continuing in spite of the fear. The fear of not belonging...

Here are some simple answers that you can use, if you want to, to reply to the question, "So are you still a Christian or not?" "Yes!": You can use this to just get them off your back. Or perhaps you really are, realizing that the wide diversity of Christianity...

I had a dream Saturday night that has stuck with me. Here it is: A woman is in my face scolding me that what I was given was a gift... meaning that it could be taken back. I'm upset and insist that it was an inheritance, meaning that it is mine to keep. I wrote this...

Yes, it is sad that John left TLS. You can read his goodbye here. This sentence sums it up: "I am just in a place now where I want silence when it comes to the subject of church, Christianity and spirituality." I said a similar thing myself in a post the same day....

There are a few Žižek fans on TLS, so I thought I'd share this quote from him: "When a discipline is in crisis, attempts are made to change or supplement its thesis within the terms of its basic framework - a procedure one might call 'Ptolemization' (since when data...

Thanks to @wayner for reminding me of Parker Palmer. Here's a short video: I found this quote about Palmer: "... faith is a misunderstood word. Faith is not a set of beliefs we are supposed to sign up for... It is instead the courage to face our illusions and allow...

I just wanted to catch you guys up on some housekeeping I'm doing. I'm constantly CONSTANTLY thinking of new ways to make TLS a better place. Here's some things that are on my mind: The chatrooms are a fun and frenzied way to connect and get to know each other on a...

In Philippians 2, the famous hymn of the humility of Jesus, there is a great declaration that Jesus, being God, humbled himself and became a human being. This is one of our biggest problems as Christians or any kind of religious person… just being human beings. It's...

I was checking some older conversations on TLS and came across this one, "Are You An Ally? Crazy Facebook At It Again!". I believe in teams and allies. But I believe they are made up of independent individuals. The pressure to conform and think and believe the same as...

I can't believe people actually have a life outside of The Lasting Supper! Haha. I joke! One of our members started a conversation asking if any other members write blogs or have websites. Several have been mentioned so far. Some have to do with spirituality,...