Meet-a-Member Podcast: Tracey Cullers
Today's podcast features one of our members, Tracey Cullers. She's quite active in our Facebook group, along with her husband Bruce, so you're probably familiar with her. I love her delightful updates, especially the ones that ask us how we're doing. It always amazes...
Letter: Annual TLS Update and Financial Report (please read!)
It’s the 3rd anniversary of TLS. Hooray! I’m very happy. I had no idea we’d go this long. TLS is a thing! But I want to make it a better thing. And I want it to become a model of even better things to come and more things to come. So I’m asking you to read this if you...
Letter: Religion and Parents
Hi peeps! People are often confused about my views about religion. Some think I’m anti-religious. Some think I’m pro-. I’m neither. I hope I’ve come to a healthy place when it comes to my relationship with religion. So I want to talk about the different stages of my...
Letter: Is it possible to like them again?
On Saturday Lisa and I, along with my sister, my brother-in-law, and our 3 nephews, went to the local Farmers’ Market. It was a beautiful day and crowded with people. There was a steel drum band playing. The smell of fresh food being made was in the air. Lots of arts...
Letter: free download of eBook “The 5 Stages of Deconstruction”
Happy Sunday my friends! Today’s weekly letter is a simple one. I’m giving you a gift. It’s a free download of my new eBook I’ve put together, with the help of Eric Lawrence, a member of The Lasting Supper. It’s the beautiful printed version of “The Five Stages of...
Letter: the 4 major players in my (relatively) healthy deconstruction
the 4 major players in my (relatively) healthy deconstruction: I think this letter will be short and sweet. I want to share with you what the four major players were in my relatively healthy deconstruction. I say relatively because I did experience some major bumps...
Letter: Why I Don’t Want TLS to be Perfect
Why I Don’t Want TLS to be Perfect I have said in the past that TLS is perfect. But I want to explain what I meant by it. *** Spoiler Alert: Do you remember the end of The Last Samurai? In it, the Samurai Chieftain is looking for the perfect cherry blossom. This is...
Letter: Be you! It’s your right and responsibility!
Be you: It’s your Right and Responsibility What I have come to realize is one of my most essential driving force is my need to be me. I not only want to be me, I need to be me. Throughout my whole life, in hindsight, I now see that almost every challenge I came up...
Letter: your weeds and your wheat
Good morning my friends. Have I ever told you my analogy of the trellis? If I have, bear with me. I want to share it again because it’s meaningful and helpful to me right now. First I have to tell you how I came up with it. Many years ago, my spiritual director,...