Welcome to a different kind of FREEBIE FRIDAY. Today I’m not giving away any of my art. Instead, I’m introducing you to another artist, my friend Rachel Chesney. I meet very interesting people through my blog. I mostly meet people who have serious questions and want to ask them. They have discovered that the faith isn’t all they’ve been fed. They’ve seen behind the curtain and it has spoiled everything. They need a new understanding and a new way to... Read more
Tomorrow night here in Saint John, New Brunswick we are having another Gallery Hop. It starts at 5pm and ends at around 8pm. Our gallery is featuring ACEOs, or Art Cards Editions and Originals (miniature art). I have a few pieces to sell. This poster is from the gallery that represents me. These are always so much fun. Plenty of wine and refreshments are available to enjoy while you take in the art. There’s always lots of people with lots... Read more
I was just speaking with someone yesterday who was talking about the silence of God. It’s been years. Silence ain’t always golden. I suggested that we used to be inundated with dozens of words of the Lord daily and that we need to learn a new language. Or perhaps a new way of hearing. I sense that my whole structure of understanding “word”, the entire construct, the complete grid, is being dissembled. I have NEW CARTOON BOOK! Get fine art... Read more
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I share the anxiety of most parents of older teenagers. We want to hear them say the right words. As long as they say the right words and exhibit the proper behaviors then we are happy. We can let our deepest anxieties about them relatively rest. The codes of our conventions are so crucial for our fear-based survival mechanisms that we seldom look beneath their thin veneer. We ignore the fact that they only provide a superficial comfort and delay... Read more
It is Canadian Thanksgiving today. So I thought I would share with my readers the things I am thankful for right now: I am thankful for the All-in-all who fills all, undergirds all, is over all and sustains all things in an All-Encompassing Compassion. I am thankful for the dream that provoked the Z-theory (type “z-theory” in my blog’s search box). It has provided me with a means to understand how my Christian theology fits into the bigger picture. I... Read more
As I said yesterday in my prayer from the cell post called “satellite phone”, I have this strange feeling of alienation from God since I left the professional ministry and haven’t been to church in months. I know it’s bad theology to think that God’s center of attention is on the church. This is obviously the bad theology the prophets of the Old Testament were up against, as well as Jesus, Stephen and Paul, etc., in the New. I’m surprised... Read more
I came up with an idea, since I am no longer preaching on a weekly basis, that I would provide a Sunday sermon for my readers… many of whom don’t attend a church themselves. I miss the practice of preparing a message from the Bible. So I’m going to post a little more than a sermon outline every Sunday. That’s my intention right now. It is free for anyone to use if they wish. It is a bit long so... Read more
Lisa and I had a long talk yesterday. I tried to express to her what I’m feeling. I will try to explain it to you all soon because I think it is important. But it’s this sense that since I left the professional ministry and haven’t gone to church I am getting further and further away from God’s center of attention. In my mind I know this is bad theology. But after living for decades in the church where this... Read more
The winner of yesterday’s yesterday’s freebie friday contest is Jim Doepken from Alaska. He’d like to take his time choosing his print from my gallery of my art and my fine art prints of my cartoons. Get fine art cartoon prints & original art. Get my t-shirts. Get my book. Please join my newsletter. Read more
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