I spent the weekend painting this large watercolor on Strathmore coldpress watercolor paper. It measures 21″x29″ (53cm x 74cm). It’s very contemplative to me. May it elicit peacefulness in you today. Click on the image for a larger picture. Buy my fine art. Buy fine art prints of my cartoons. I have an image terms of use policy. Please join my newsletter. Read more
Life is paradoxical. This dynamic permeates everything. We are living and we are dying. There is joy but there is also sorrow. We are at rest but we must not stop. We can be at peace in the midst of turmoil. Buy my cartoons. Buy my fine art. I have an open image terms of use policy. Please join my newsletter. Read more
Good day everyone. The winner from yesterday’s FREEBIE FRIDAY is John Paul Hoskins, an Anglican priest in the UK. Congratulations John! I’ll ship it out to you Monday! Luckily, John just joined my newsletter yesterday. Buy my cartoons. Buy my fine art. I have an open image terms of use policy. Please join my newsletter. Read more
Welcome to another FREEBIE FRIDAY giveaway. Some suggest that I shouldn’t give away my art because it depreciates its value. I don’t have money, but I have things I create. How can I be generous right now? By giving away some of my creations. My goal is not to become a famous artist, but to help make the world a more beautiful place for people. If I can help bring beauty into someone’s home or office, then I have accomplished... Read more
The other day I wrote a post on The Ten Tests of Forgiveness. A few people wrote me and expressed appreciation for the post, and it found it’s way across the web. But I got a few comments and some emails asking how to forgive. Testing whether or not you have forgiven someone is one thing. But how do you forgive in the first place? So, here’s another list of how to forgive: Command. I know it will surprise some... Read more
Click on the image for a larger picture. I knew of a pastor who totally used sermons created by others. He had a good argument for it: they were far better than the sermons he could ever create. You know, if you play it right, you don’t have to go to seminary. You don’t need to know any theology. All you need is to be able to find your way around the computer. There’s tons of sermons out there, signed,... Read more
Click on the image for a larger picture. I’m working very hard at keeping nakedpastor going. It’s a lot of work (though pleasant) creating a new cartoon every day, as well as writing almost every day. This picture captures my idea of myself, far up north, at night, under the stars, contemplating the beauty of my surroundings, considering what would be the next wisest step into the future. Some people have asked how to give money to nakedpastor to show... Read more
Click on the image for a larger picture. The great Hasidic Jewish scholar Abraham Heschel said that the reason idolatry is addressed in the first commandment is that it is our primary problem, and that all the other commandments hinge on this one. It is inevitable that we all have an image of God in our minds that is not God. That isn’t God. As Krishnamurti said, “The word is not the thing.” Notice how he gets his instructions from... Read more
I love being interviewed. It’s an enjoyable process for me. It helps me not only articulate what I’m going through, but it even helps me to understand what I’m going through a little more clearly. Each interview is interesting in its own way. Just last Sunday night I was interviewed by Caffeinated Faith. Check it out. I was surprised what they dragged out of me about my departure from my role as pastor of my congregation. I listened in on... Read more
Click on the image for a larger picture. I worked on this drawing, sketch, for hours on Sunday. It is pen and ink and graphite pencil on Strathmore acid-free watercolor paper, measuring 8″x10″ (20cm x 25cm). The same girl as in the bear drawing emerges from the depths of my unconscious again. This time, like Moses, she holds up the staff. But she does so to stop a stampeding herd of elephants. I know there are times when we are... Read more
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