Don't let anyone rush your grief! If you've left the church, that's heavy! Grieve it. Feel it to the full. Go ahead! Don't deny that it hurts. Then bawl your eyes out once in a while. Get angry. Get frustrated. Think about going back then change your mind again. Get...
labels
A while ago on nakedpastor I wrote a post entitled labels are the problem. It was interesting the reaction I got to that one. Then someone forwarded me the link to this video of the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson pretty much saying the same thing. I'm convinced...
Saturday Spiritual Supplement: funeral
Today's Saturday Spiritual Supplement is a very simple one. But it is also very powerful. At least I found it so. Years ago I was "between churches" as a pastor and working as a carpenter. It was providing income but I wasn't happy. One day, at a conference, I spoke...
freebie friday: print of redbird friends
Good morning guys. Much love! So today's Freebie Friday. Stephanie from Thomas Nelson Publishers contacted me to tell me they saw my cartoon yesterday and liked it. So she offered to let me give away 3 of Rachel's books. I give away all kinds of books from across the...
askandembla: Catholic, pentecostal, interdenominational, baptist, agnostic, attracted to buddhist principles
I guess the benefit of having been 'around' the church circuit is that you come to see that everyone has a "way" of expressing their spirituality. I searched high & low for truth. It started when, upon my eve of my confirmation in the Catholic Church, and under...
new Sophia drawing "Angel"
After I left the church I felt beaten. I didn't even know it, I was so numb. It had become so toxic to me that I could no longer feel or see myself clearly. The endless disappointments, criticism, and negativity that had sunk into my very marrow had finally taken its...
Exercise: Questions
The Discovery Channel says that if you get stuck in quicksand, the worst thing you can do is struggle. They say that if you fall into quicksand, "resist the natural instinct to kick your way out." Instead, they suggest to "you need to stay calm and lean back". Then,...
song "Are You There?"
ARE YOU THERE? <---- Click to play song! (This is just for you guys on this site.) I wrote this song some time ago to commemorate what for me was the end of a great illusion. When all the fun is gone and nothing has gone according to plan, when all the hype and...
my new Sophia drawing "BlackSheep"
Again, she reminds me of so many of you! Our Sophia continues her journey. She's found a companion like her, a black sheep. I like the way she seems to be marching. She's so confident. Bold! Defiant! Even if she is a black sheep, she takes that as a compliment. So...
Petitemuse: Hello from spiritually independent muse from Texas
Hello, everyone. My name is Petite, yes it's my name really. I'm currently a college student majoring in film and human rights activist. I became spiritually independent back in 2010, when I was at my old university, I was going through the quarter life crisis, in...
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