by David Hayward | Oct 8, 2017 | David's Letters
We can swim in the Atlantic Ocean here but it’s quite cold. There are at least 3 kinds of people: Those who stick their toes in and run back to their towels. Those who go in just below their groin and hang out there.’ Those who go in all the way over their heads to...
by David Hayward | Jul 26, 2017 | David's Letters
When I was visiting my family earlier this month it dawned on me that my personal growth and spiritual growth are not two separate things, but exactly the same thing. I grew up with my understanding of “God” being pretty much identical with my understanding of...
by David Hayward | Jun 18, 2017 | David's Letters
Most of us were taught to only read, learn, and think what was handed to us. We were to digest and regurgitate what was fed to us. We were only to expose ourselves to that which was recommended. I clearly remember like it was yesterday when I was a country pastor of...
by David Hayward | Aug 24, 2016 | David's Letters
Last week a former member of my last church said to me, “Why didn’t you just take a sabbatical instead of leaving the ministry?” Now, I know this person loves me and wishes I never left the ministry and had continued as their pastor. But there are so many problems...
