build yourself up while you tear your beliefs down
Hi guys. I’ve been thinking a lot about deconstruction… that is, the changing of our beliefs, the loss of faith, the shift in our religious habits and behaviors, and the transformation of our inner and social selves. This is what I help people do. I’ve been doing it...
Letter: Are you relapsing?
I’ve not only observed it in others. I’ve experienced it for myself! That is, I will go through a kind of deconstruction of a belief. Sometimes I react to a belief I no longer feel can hold up. I’ll go long in the other direction. Then, after my anger or frustration...
Where the Heck is Lisa?
Where the Heck is Lisa? Lisa is my wife. She is a member of TLS, but she is not a very active member. That is, she doesn’t post on TLS much if at all. She might make an occasional comment. But essentially she does not interact in our community. Maybe you’re wondering...
Letter: Everything is Assimilated
I spent the day yesterday with two friends of mine, Brad Jersak and Peter Fitch, both theologians. Brad lives out in western Canada but comes to St. Stephen’s University every semester to teach crash courses. He was out this way and actually asked me to come and join...
Letter: Feeling your Feelings
When we change our beliefs and our allegiances, it’s also necessary to change our feelings about our feelings. I don’t know about you, but I was taught to not only distrust my feelings, but to neglect them, ignore them, repress them, apologize for them, and even...
Meet a Member Podcast: Robin Kirk Part 2
A couple of years ago I interviewed Robin Kirk for our Meet a Member podcast. In it she talks a lot about the onset of her deconstruction, including her debilitating fear of Hell. I thought it would be helpful to go back and interview her again two years later to see...
Letter: 3 humble admissions we can make with confidence!
An important announcement first: the forums are reopened! Thanks to your extra donations I was able to hire the help needed to get the forums back up and running again. Your generous donations are devoted to making TLS the best experience possible for our members! So…...
Letter: one sad reason why TLS is the way it is
#TW suicide Hi guys! I want to tell you a story that might help you understand what helped to build my philosophy behind TLS and why I do the things I do the way I do them, and why TLS is the way it is. This story starts in the winter of 2007. Sarah, in the...
Letter: What are you going to do about it?
Good day everyone! We’re enjoying a long weekend here in Canada called Labour Day Weekend. The weather’s been awesome. I want to thank all those who donated towards the development and maintenance of TLS over the last week. A few of you asked me to remind us again...
