Almost every day I hear about people who have left our community, how they are doing, how happy they are, and how they, with the sincerest of intentions, invite others to go with them. I am happy that they are happy. I really am. I’m trying to have a large heart about this. It is not easy. I have decided to be free, releasing and open toward all people and their relationships to me and to our community. I believe... Read more
About 20 years ago I read a theology book that I felt minimized some deep truths. The author had turned mysteries into candy. I was terrified that I would do the same thing: trivialize the truth for the sake of popularity. That night I had this disturbing image in a dream: Read more
Yes people this is a joke. I thought this up some time ago. A real cheesy Christian t-shirt. I’d wear it! Perhaps I should create a vector graphic of it and upload it to my t-shirt shop. Read more
Two things I’ve been thinking deeply about lately: The gospels say that Jesus ate with sinners. That was it! That was the manifestation of God’s love for all people. He just ate with them. His act of eating with sinners was everything, said everything. I have committed myself to having compassion for all living things without partiality. So last night I had a very vivid dream: (I’ll call the character in this dream Sam. I knew Sam years ago. He... Read more
I bumped into a young man while I was out the other day. We have mutual friends and have met before and have had a few short conversations. He knows I pastor a church. That has come up before. We were talking for just a few minutes when he said, “You know, I’ve been invited to your church several times.” “Cool,” I said. “Ya, it would be great to see you there.” He paused and carefully choosing his words, said,... Read more
This is a recent watercolor and ink piece of mine that can be acquired here at a sale price. Also, I completed another nude linocut that is available here. Read more
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