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March 2011

March 18, 2011

cartoon: jail Jesus

February 2011

February 22, 2011

cartoon: leaving

You can acquire fine art print of my cartoons here. This original cartoon is available...

February 21, 2011

The Church & Privileged Position

There have been times when the church could viably claim a comprehensive view of existence....

February 16, 2011

cartoon: give your heart

You didn't realize that when you gave your heart to Jesus and committed to the...

February 15, 2011

cartoon: evil responsive reading

Caution: Based on true events! This exact scenario has never happened to me. Fortunately my...

February 08, 2011

why I love the church

Since some people take a superficial reading of what I do on this blog and...

February 08, 2011

cartoon: church street

There are many people without a pastor who would love to have one to talk...

February 07, 2011

the business of religion

Have you ever experienced this?: You see something you might be interested in online. It...

February 05, 2011

the hypocrisy of religion

One of the things I don't like about the church, along with any kind of...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

cartoon: ought must should

I'd heard these words so often that they've become brain ingrained. Even in places that...

January 30, 2011

prayer from the cell: screwed

Need to talk? Need someone to listen? Email me and we can arrange it: haywardart...

January 26, 2011

pastoral integrity

Pastors: if you don't own or have never read Eugene Peterson's excellent book, Working the...

January 25, 2011

fidelity or zealotry

Even though I believe I am critiquing the unnecessary and often destruction accretions that the...

January 24, 2011

cartoon: building the church

This has never been my experience, nor the experience of most pastors I know. However,...

January 23, 2011

the cross and deconstruction

In Christian theology, the cross is the symbol of deconstruction. The gospels portray Jesus as...

January 21, 2011

beautifully unaware

I'm editing my new upcoming book on Vision. It will include cartoons. I'm quite excited...

January 20, 2011

watch a woman undress

I know I post about vision in the church a great deal. It is one...

January 19, 2011

authority & totalitarian ideology

As the philosopher Slavoj ŽiŽek suggests, there is on the "mere authoritarian lust for power",...

January 19, 2011

cartoon: happy happy people

This cartoon was posted 2 years ago. Here it is again!

January 18, 2011

a safe way to gather?

People mistake my critique of the church as hatred for it. If they read me...

January 17, 2011

only the beleaguered understand

I would like to share with you an incident that may illustrate why I am...

January 15, 2011

Crowd Control Starts with You

I read this today on a Linkedin feed and I nearly spewed my coffee: Church...

January 12, 2011

crisis and the pursuit of truth

Darrin, who I met through this blog, commented on this morning's cartoon "Goodbye?": Honesty is...

January 06, 2011

How to Control People

The French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926-1984) argued that there are three ways to control people:...

January 05, 2011

How to be Visionless

Concerning the lack of vision, this is how it worked for me: When I pastored...

January 05, 2011

cartoon: the vision burden

You can buy a fine art print of this cartoon here. Jesus chastised religious leaders...

January 04, 2011

cartoon: circus

Recently I was communicating with a pastor. (I talk with many so don't think it...

January 03, 2011

Choice: family or vision

Do you want your church to be a family? Or do you want your church...

January 03, 2011

cartoon: packaged pickled people

December 2010

December 28, 2010

A Letter from the Bride to Friends of the Bridegroom

This is an idea I've been working on... a letter from the church to those...