{"id":10709,"date":"2012-03-08T07:26:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T11:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10709"},"modified":"2012-03-08T07:26:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T11:26:32","slug":"a-pastors-favorite-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/03\/a-pastors-favorite-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"a pastor&#8217;s favorite dream"},"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\/03\/favorite-dream.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10710\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/03\/favorite-dream.jpg\" alt=\"a pastor dreams his favorite dream\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have to admit: it would have made my life a lot easier if everyone in my church tithed. It might have been my favorite dream! But I refused to teach tithing, much to the chagrin of some but to the delight of most. I taught generosity and the freedom to choose to give volitionally within the milieu of grace.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t work. Only a few \u201cgot\u201d it.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/94788988\/favorite-dream-original-cartoon\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the original drawing of this cartoon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/94789012\/favorite-dream-print\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a print of this cartoon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Buy my books, full of such cartoons <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/David-Hayward\/e\/B006GARC8Q\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit: it would have made my life a lot easier if everyone in my church tithed. It might have been my favorite dream! But I refused to teach tithing, much to the chagrin of some but to the delight of most. 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