Murder is an instant and graphic way of dismissing someone from our lives. That’s why, in the old days, exile carried almost the same weight as the death penalty. Families, clans and tribes were absolutely primary and removal from them was paramount to death. Now we can just separate ourselves from those deserving of death by other, more civil, means. But behind it all is the same motivation… … which is the exact opposite of incarnation. Download this cartoon for... Read more
This is a photograph of Lisa and me on our very first date. Here she is 18 and I am 20. This is me blowing my nose. I could make her laugh so hard every time because I can honk loudly with my nose. I love to make her laugh any way I can. I still make her laugh. Did you know that #1 in the list of top 10 things women look for in a partner is “a sense... Read more
When I was in my last year of high school I was good friends with Janice. I remember we were at a party. We got into a conversation about God because she knew I was going to go to Bible College and she asked why. She had gone through so much suffering in her life that she decided there must not be a compassionate god. She added force to her argument by pointing out all the atrocities around the world... Read more
I am working on 2 books right now. My first one, which I expect will be finished and ready within a couple of weeks, is my collection of rants against vision in the church, called “Without A Vision My People Prosper“. It is composed of my posts and cartoons urging the church to resist the modern temptation to practice visionary thinking and goal setting. Those posts and cartoons always spur great discussions, so I’m looking forward to that becoming available... Read more
I remember being here so many times. Then I decided to stop. My integrity and happiness is more important than job security. Of course, we go through seasons of doubt, confusion and even stupidity. But when we know we no longer believe certain things we are expected to say, and never will again, then it’s time to come out. Download this print for just .99¢ so you can use it on your computer, or print it as a poster or greeting... Read more
I love this one of Sophia because it captures her courage in such dramatic form. It’s crazy what she’s doing. It makes no sense. But it’s not meant to. You know as well as I that those leaps we have made have been just as risky as this one Sophia is executing right now. We had no idea what was waiting for us. In fact, maybe you have experienced, like I have, the absolute death-like terror of the dark and... Read more
Go ahead! Do it! Find out how fun and exciting and beautiful it is. Discover what it’s like beyond the lines that have been pre-drawn for you. Choose your own colors. So what if those around you give you a “Fail!” You can give yourself a “Pass with flying colors!” You know it’s true! Download this print for just .99¢ so you can print it, hang it on your wall, or print on a greeting card, or send to a friend... Read more
I am an ESL teacher (English as a Second Language). While I was reading Fairclough’s fine book, Language and Power, I came across this: Some of these (ESL) teachers already see their role in terms of empowering their students, in the words of one practitioner, to ‘deal with communicative situations outside the classroom in which institutional power is weighted against them, preparing them to challenge, contradict, assert, in settings where the power dynamic would expect them to agree, acquiesce, be... Read more
This is one of my most popular cartoons, a favorite of many, and indeed a favorite of mine. It captured, for me, the perpetual projection that goes on in our spirituality. The objects of our beliefs are actually displays of our own imaginations. When it comes to religion, like any other arena, our minds are like a holy Hollywood continuously manufacturing movies of belief. The world or perceived reality around us is the screen. We think we are looking at... Read more
Max Weber believed that bureaucracy is: a hierarchical organization designed rationally to coordinate the work of many individuals in the pursuit of large-scale administrative tasks and organizational goals This is an amoral statement and can be applied to any power that’s goal is to eliminate a people group or to a power that’s goal is to eliminate famine. The language of any organization is tightly enmeshed with its goals. In fact, enmeshed is too weak a word. Perhaps the word... Read more
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