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time to trust yourself

It's okay to trust yourself. You might have been taught to lean not on your own understanding. You might have been taught not to trust your feelings. You might have been taught that even you yourself are untrustworthy. If this is so, why not try an experiment? Trust...

So I went back for one service…

Unlike a lot of people here on TLS, I wandered away from my church unhappy with the theology and teachings, not because the people there made me leave. This meant that most of them don't know why I stopped going (and most haven't tried to reach out, either). But I...

Marriage, gay and straight

I'm posting this here because I feel safe asking these questions without people getting angry that I asked. A couple of the people I follow on Twitter are doing the usual "you're not advocating correctly tweets," but they are saying some stuff that's making me...

free download for members and new members

free download for members and new members

Hi TLSers! As of today all new members, upon joining, get a welcoming email. In this email is a free gift of a high-quality, printable download of my Sophia drawing, "Shelter"... a $40 value. It symbolizes for me the safe space TLS provides for us. So I wanted to make...

would you just love your friend

would you just love your friend

Your best friend calls. She needs to talk to you. You're worried it's about you. But when she arrives, you realize it's about her. She says, "I just need someone to talk to. I feel terrible. My beliefs are changing. I'm angry all the time. I hate my father. My kids...

I Have to Save Christmas!!

Last year, Christmas was basically ruined for my two youngest kids and myself by an awful family situation on Christmas night (and the two days leading up to it). My changing beliefs which tell me to pull back, although I wasn't over-the-top about it to begin with...