{"id":10204,"date":"2012-01-10T06:15:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T10:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10204"},"modified":"2012-01-10T06:15:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T10:15:41","slug":"unanswered-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/01\/unanswered-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"unanswered prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/01\/the-imbalance.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10205\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/01\/the-imbalance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in March of 2010 I wrote a post called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/2010\/03\/09\/ive-never-seen-a-miracle\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I\u2019ve Never Seen a Miracle<\/a>. It was written before I left the ministry and the church. But it wasn\u2019t long after writing that post when I did leave.<\/p>\n<p>I try to be honest in everything I do. This cartoon is honest. It\u2019s my honest confession that I cannot control the universe. It\u2019s also my confession that I cannot control That-Which-Controls-The-Universe.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t easy arriving at this honesty. But it sure is liberating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are going through such a transition in your life, I provide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/2012\/01\/05\/youre-on-your-own\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">transition support<\/a>. If you want to talk, <a href=\"mailto:haywardart@gmail.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">email me<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/David-Hayward\/e\/B006GARC8Q\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BOOKS<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My <a href=\"http:\/\/nakedpastor.etsy.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ART<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in March of 2010 I wrote a post called I\u2019ve Never Seen a Miracle. It was written before I left the ministry and the church. But it wasn\u2019t long after writing that post when I did leave. I try to be honest in everything I do. This cartoon is honest. 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