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Here’s a silly time-change joke only appropriate twice a year: Read more
Here’s a silly time-change joke only appropriate twice a year: Read more
This is a charcoal drawing I did yesterday. I call it “Island”. It measures 4″x6″ (10cm x 15cm). It is available in my online gallery along with several others here. (click on picture for a larger image) Read more
Some of you might have seen this already, but I thought I would share it with you again. I think it’s cheesy funny. Oh!… GET YOURS TODAY! JESUS IS MY SPOTTER by nakedpastor Read more
If you want your church community life to be healthy, then keeping it free of vision, goals and purpose is a high priority. This is how I spent most of my effort during my time in the professional ministry as a pastor. It took a great deal of discernment, courage and will from me and my team and others to make sure that our church community didn’t sink into this terrible vortex of purpose-drivenness. What I’ve discovered and conclude is... Read more
If you didn’t believe me as a pastor, will you believe me now as one who is not? Now, most of what I do with my time is dictated by others. The rest is taken up with the incessant demands of everyday life, including sleep. This is just normalcy for most people. This is why we enjoy our weekends so much. This is why Sunday mornings are so extravagantly wonderful. There is nothing to do but relax. In a few... Read more
I drew this yesterday. It is a miniature charcoal piece on acid-free heavy cotton rag paper, measuring 2.5″x3.5″. Available here. Read more
Fellow cartoonist Mick Mooney of the blog Searching for Grace interviewed me last Saturday morning. We’ve communicated many times over the internet, but this was the first time we had a conversation with each other. I really enjoyed it. He asked some very good questions and got a lot out of me. We talked about my struggles inside the institutional church as a paid pastor, my transition from it, and how I’m doing now. We also talked quite a bit... Read more
My fellow Canadian Bruce Cockburn sings the beautiful song “Waiting for a Miracle“. One verse goes like this: Struggle for a dollar, scuffle for a dime Step out from the past and try to hold the line So how come history takes such a long, long time When you’re waiting for a miracle? And one of my readers reminded me of another fellow Canadian Leonard Cohen’s song “Waiting for the Miracle” that expresses the same sentiment: Nothing left to do... Read more
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