Have you ever gotten lost where you've never been? I have. I am. It's one thing to get lost in a place you've been. The best thing to do is just wait, calmly, for someone to find you or until you recognize a familiar marking and can find your own way back. But what if...
When you say “Oh God!” who do you say it to?
You look at your spouse and say, "I don't know you anymore. You've changed." Your spouse looks back at you and says, "Actually, I think you're the one who has changed." I'm going through another major spiritual shift right now. It's not fun, but necessary. This is how...
introduction to Parker Palmer
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...
the cloud of unknowing is becoming my home
"The Cloud of Unknowing": A Christian classic. Unknowing. Yep. That's me. Could that be you? An interesting thing happened to me the other day. I was talking with someone who used to go to my church that I pastored. I was talking about really missing teaching, and...
praying our goodbyes
My wife Lisa picked up a book many years ago that she still highly values by Sister Joyce Rupp, a member of the Servite community, "Praying Our Goodbyes". A common theme in all of our lives is grief. We have all had to say goodbye, we've all experienced loss, we all...
are you just making do?
I apologize up front for this larger than usual Daily Bread. But please read on. Many people don't realize this, but what appears to be a smooth transition from the New Testament to the early church to the present day is exactly that… appearance. The wonderfully...
some items of housekeeping interest
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...
you had to in order to grow
This is one of my sculptures "Recept" (Brazilian soapstone on walnut and brass base: 4"x5"x6" / 10cm x 12cm x 15cm). One of my greatest artistic inspirations is Romanian sculptor Brancusi. He was studying in the great Rodin studio but left after only two months...
called out means get out
The literal translation of the Greek word for church, "ekklesia", is "called out". It's been bashed over my head many times that what this means is Christians are called out of the world and into the church. It's been used to coerce me into faithful church membership...
all you have to do is be human
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...
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