Behind the depressing silence of the sea, the silence of God… the feeling that while men raise their voices in anguish God remains with folded arms, silent.* The loudest thing these days is the silence of God. I knew when I left the church last April that I was entering a huge learning curve. I knew I filed for a very surprising, sudden and sad divorce from an institution I’d served for over 30 years. I also realized I was... Read more
The elders in the temple were impressed by the questions the 12 year old Jesus asked them. This wasn’t to change. But their impressions were to change from positive to negative as his questions became more probing and incisive. Read more
I was talking with a friend of mine today about his work. He described what can pretty much happen to anybody who has a job: He is rewarded for working hard. What this translates into is staying later and even putting in time at home for which he isn’t paid. His superiors know this about him and reward him for it. What’s his reward? He gets to keep his job while a coworker loses hers. She can’t put in as... Read more
Faith without works is dead. That is, our beliefs are made manifest in action. The action is the belief. We can say we are inclusive but if we are all white middle-class males then the belief can be seriously questioned. Which reminds me of a story. In 1995 when we left the Presbyterian Church in Canada, Lisa and I wondered if maybe we were being called back into the Pentecostal Church. That’s where we met. So we formally approached the... Read more
I have decided to call our young woman Sophia. This is because I believe she symbolizes the feminine “Wisdom” within my own self trying to find her way. I have gone through a year of serious trauma in which I believe she has been set free to explore and discover for herself. I will go back and tag each one with this name so that you can follow her journey. It has been a long and treacherous journey for her.... Read more
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Here’s a new song for you. I wrote it a while ago. It was originally titled “If I Should Search”, but it has affectionately come to be known as the “Ya-Ya Song”. (I miss my band!) I apologize for the rough quality. But I hope you enjoy it. I help people interpret their dreams to assist them in their personal growth. The first session is free. Email me: haywardart at gmail dot com (read more…) Read more
So Rob Bell is in the news being raked over the coals because of his ideas. It inspired this cartoon. If anyone knows Rob Bell, please pass this on to him. I’d love for him to see this: Origen: c. 185-254, distinguished Egyptian scholar and theologian in the early church; largely responsible for collecting Christian writings which became the New Testament; taught in and revived the Catechetical School of Alexandria where Clement of Alexandria had taught; produced a corrected Septuagint;... Read more
All statements about God, and even our literature that quotes God, are all testimony. All propositions about God are claims made by human beings. No one can prove God exists. No one can prove God does not exist. The bible itself is a massive collection of claims about God by people. No matter how truthful a claim claims to be, its veracity must be tested. But even these tests of veracity in the end are claims that must themselves be... Read more
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