This cartoon is actually based on a true story. A friend of mine went into a local Christian bookstore to find a book that might be helpful for him as a husband. Although they have a good marriage, he wanted to read a book specifically designed for helping men be better husbands. He couldn’t believe the disparity between all the books that were available for wives compared only two or three for husbands. What does this mean? Wives are the... Read more
Let me outline Kübler-Ross‘s 5 stages of grief. She initially used this model to describe stages she observed terminally ill patients experience. Since then her model has been applied to those who meet with grief or tragedy of any kind. Today I apply them to our feelings of the loss of god, usually provoked by tragedy of some kind… physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual… when the god we believed in no longer suffices, no longer makes sense, no longer lives. Denial:... Read more
Jesus being harassed by visitors: Get my t-shirts. Read more
This is an idea I’ve been working on… a letter from the church to those who manage it. What do you think? To Friends of the Bridegroom: I am so very tired. You say you are friends of my Beloved. So why do you work me so hard? Why do you have so many expectations and place so many demands on me? You complain about my spots. But they are calluses formed by your industry. You complain about my wrinkles.... Read more
I created and posted this cartoon a year or two ago. Some thought I was making a comment on Guantanamo. No. I was using a Guantanamo-like image to make a comment about the church. We sing and pray to be ransomed. We long for freedom. Liberation is our dream. But often our captivity is self-imposed. What if we really understood that we are already free indeed and lived accordingly? Read more
Pulitzer Prize winning author Chris Hedges, in what I consider is an important critique, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, writes: The elite universities disdain honest intellectual inquiry, which is by its nature distrustful of authority, fiercely independent, and often subversive. I would argue that this would also apply to the church. In fact, I have not only experienced the disdain of honest intellectual inquiry, but the preference and praise for no inquiry at... Read more
A lesson: even though Jesus loves all the turkeys of the world, and is seen here in a rare picture of him bringing them comfort, it still doesn’t stop the slaughter of countless millions of turkeys every year. Read more
There is peace. As promised. Certainly. Clear away the rubble. It is there. Read more
Happy Holidays to everyone. Newsletter members: you only have today left to take advantage of the SPECIAL 50% OFF of all my art and prints and cards. The code is in your inbox from Thursday’s newsletter. Congratulations go out to ttm of Cutler Bay, Florida, USA! She is the winner of a great little book, Becky Garrison’s, Jesus Died for This?. I’ll be shipping it out soon ttm! Read more
I want to extend my best intentions to everyone today. It’s been quite a year! This blog’s traffic has increased exponentially, and I am so thankful for every one of my readers. We’ve lost some faithful readers who commented. They felt I’d just gone too far. I also realize that my leaving the professional ministry turned some people away, feeling that I no longer had a legitimate voice. No doubt my experience of intellectual liberty has taken its toll. However,... Read more
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