This cartoon is based on the popular and much over-played song by Gotye. You know the one. Thanks to my friend William Lehman for the idea. Is this true for you? Purchase the original drawing, or buy a print of the cartoon. ***(Have you checked out davidhayward.ca yet?)*** … [Read more...]
love is greater than
July 23, 2012 By 6 Comments
If only we could get this straight. This is easy math. It's a simply equation. Did you read my post last night Why it is Hard to Leave the Church? Lots of reaction to it. Buy the the original drawing, or buy a print of this cartoon! … [Read more...]
prayer from the cell: miss going
July 22, 2012 By 25 Comments
Check out all my art for sale. PLUS, if you sign up for my newsletter, you get a code sent to you for 25% OFF permanently! … [Read more...]
you can stay or leave
July 10, 2012 By 9 Comments
I have always felt it is of utmost importance to allow people their right to choose and walk their own spiritual walk, no matter where they are or where it might lead. It's their right! Respect it. Did you know it is possible to help people leave the church, stay in the church, stay away from the church, return to the church, or to become an atheist, or to choose another religion? It's their choice. Respect it. Yesterday I got two separate emails from two different people. I kind of shook my … [Read more...]
freedom isn’t a bigger cage
July 5, 2012 By 4 Comments
We can go on making our small choices, ‘reinventing ourselves’ thoroughly, on condition that these choices do not seriously disturb the social and ideological balance (Zizek). There is a difference between "formal freedom" and "actual freedom". Formal freedom is when we are permitted to make choices within a given system or ideology. Actual freedom is when we question the very structure that grants us formal freedom to the point of undermining its power over us altogether. Perhaps, like me, … [Read more...]
show your struggle
July 4, 2012 By 6 Comments
If you haven't read Henri Nouwen's, The Wounded Healer, I recommend you do. ****You can buy a print of this cartoon TODAY at 30% OFF: CLICK HERE**** … [Read more...]
once a pastor always a pastor
June 27, 2012 By 9 Comments
… those who believed themselves to have a vocation, a call, needed to reach a stage in their development when they knew that the constraint had not been quite of the kind they originally thought, but rather an inevitable outcome of their temperament, upbringing, and the particular problems they had (Monica Furlong, Merton, p. 334). I've appreciated that quote for years. At first I didn't because it challenged my super-spiritual belief in a supernatural call to the ministry. But after years of … [Read more...]
teacher of the truth
June 27, 2012 By 36 Comments
I learned a lot through the church. I'm thankful for that. But what I've also learned is what I needed to unlearn because of the church. I also learned that there's much to learn that the church prefers to prevent. This is not always the case. But it seems to be generally true for many. I provide one on one spiritual coaching. Especially for those going through spiritual transition. Would you like to talk? Click here. … [Read more...]
separating from toxic relationships
June 8, 2012 By 14 Comments
No friends are better than bad friends. I was just talking to a friend recently who said she needed to change her friends. I told her I've done it a few times. Even my own children have decided to do it recently. It's not easy. It is very difficult. There are times of real loneliness. But it is better than drowning in a sea of toxicity, codependence, and negativity. This is one of the more difficult realities of leaving a church community. If you have relationships there but they are toxic, … [Read more...]
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