Ya, go ahead and laugh. But Thanksgiving’s coming and this turkey’s seen the future. The other turkeys know the end is coming one day but don’t see the point in losing your head or getting your feathers in a knot over it. (*** A pitch: we have lots of laughs in our online community. Sure, we can be serious, but we can also be seriously fun!) My online store! Read more
After I left the ministry I taught English as a second language to international university students. Some of them were Muslims from the Middle East. Some of them would share some of their fantastic beliefs with me, and all the while I would remember that the Christian tradition I grew up in has its own fantastic beliefs. It was then, in my daily contact with a diversity of people from a diversity of beliefs, that I concluded we all experience... Read more
My 40% OFF sale ends tonight! Take advantage today to get all my paintings, cartoons and Sophia drawings… originals and prints, at an affordable price: MY ONLINE SHOP. Just enter the coupon code “halloween“! This Prayer From the Cell, “GPS”, was first published many years ago. I used to do these every Sunday. I’m thinking I might start them up again. I enjoyed them, and I know many of you did as well. This one was by far my most... Read more
(*** Just a gentle reminder that all my art is 40% OFF this weekend ONLY. Just use the coupon code “halloween” when you’re about to complete your purchase. SHOP HERE NOW!) I wrote the original post of this shortly after I left the ministry in 2010. It still applies. I frequently talk with pastors, and the struggle they endure is unbelievable. It’s believable to me though because I experienced it and experience it still. I want to post this every... Read more
I can’t make this stuff up. Mark Driscoll has said, “I cannot worship a guy I can beat up.” Recently he asks in a post, Is God a Pacifist?, and the answer is, well, in a nutshell, no! Jesus is not a pansy or a pacifist. So don’t mess with him. Merritt’s post Mark Driscoll’s Pansy Post Outrages Christian Pacifists is a good survey of the bloody battlefield. I guess I have to go back and read the gospels again. I... Read more
Right now in my SHOP everything is 40% OFF! All you have to do is use the coupon code “halloween” to take advantage of it. My art is already very affordable, so this is a remarkable deal! This includes some of my popular cartoons, Sophia originals and reproductions, drawings and paintings! Take advantage of it now! Good until the end of this weekend! Read more
Does David Hayward believe in biblical inspiration? Does he believe the bible? Does he even believe in the trinity? Does he believe in God? Does he believe being gay’s okay? This doesn’t matter to the argument of this cartoon. I feel this is one of my cutest and one of my most poignant and maybe, hopefully, powerful. I love getting inside ideas and challenging them on their own terms. Do you want to hang out with wise and loving people... Read more
The bible as sanction. It can be used to support(sanction) our ideas, words and actions. It can be used to oppose(sanction) our ideas, words and actions. It is our hermeneutic that rules. (Have you heard of our online community The Lasting Supper? We talk about this kind of stuff in a non-confrontational environment.) Read more
Most people aren’t even aware that they are limiting the dreams of girls. Most aren’t conscious of the fact that they are shaping the dreams of their daughters and female students into a sexist ideal or a misogynist fantasy. Not only do men do this, but women too. This can be corrected. I was raised in a sexist culture. I need constant instruction to overcome my innate assumptions that are drilled into me by our misogynist society. I’m glad to... Read more
Zombies are all the same. The walking dead are all alike. Here Jesus sends out the disciples to convert everyone into more of them! The world around us applies incredible pressure to conform. To be the same as everyone else. Sure you can have your unique traits, but only if they don’t matter. The masses. The horde. One of the things I appreciate about our online community is the amazing diversity of people there. We’ve all been like zombies some... Read more
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