Wow it's hot here! So to help cool you guys down, I thought I'd give you a free download of one of my popular paintings of a redbird in a snowstorm. You can use it on your computer or print it out and hang it up if you want. It's free for you to use. Just click on the...
Exercise: losing belief with help
Here's a good Saturday Spiritual Supplement. Try this. Last night I wrote a tweet, "Just remove one overused clichéd word from your vocabulary, like the word "believe", and see how it helps shape a new way of thinking." Actually, even though deconstruction is a scary...
another old song posted by request: Are You There?
ARE YOU THERE? <---- Click to play song! I wrote this song some time ago to commemorate what for me was the end of a great illusion. I was still a pastor of a church. But this articulated the noticeable beginning of my deconstruction. Can you hear the desperation...
an old song I wrote in a dark place
I wrote this song years ago when I was in a very dark place. I was working on TLS yesterday when I noticed it was playing from my iPod as it shuffled through the thousands of songs it holds. As soon as I heard it, it evoked an incredible wave of emotion. It still...
how to answer the inevitable terrible question
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...
the spirit of Jesus in everyday life
The old paradigm of sinners in need of a sacrifice to save them from eternal torment, the old cycle of sin/ repentance/ forgiveness, the antiquated concept of helpless creatures of an all-powerful Creator seated unmoving in the heavens... all these have lost their...
a list of discernments i’m working on
I'm working on a list of discernments that one needs to embrace in order to be spiritual in the universe. My ideas obviously emerge out of a Christian perspective. But it is inclusive of all walks, including religious, agnostic and atheist. My concern is that as we...
we are all connected
I watched a fascinating auto-documentary last night, "I AM" by Tom Shadyac. He created such movies as Bruce Almighty, The Nutty Professor and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He suffered an accident and endured many months of post-concussion. He came out the other side of...
i hope this makes you laugh: happy spiritual independence day!
I did this for you guys in hopes of making you laugh. I made Lisa laugh. That's all that matters. I do love you guys. http://youtu.be/m6YTYXnKlVI
what about prayer?
Over the past several weeks many people have asked me about prayer. It brought to mind some correspondence Thomas Merton had with a Sufi mystic about prayer. It took me a while to find it today, but I finally did. The mystic communicated to Merton what his was like....
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