- How well did you obey men?
- How perfectly did you respect authority?
- How carefully did you please others?
- How obsessively did you follow scripture?
- How diligently did you separate yourself from sinners?
- How frequently did you tithe?
- How successfully did you not rock the boat?
- How compulsively did you try to do everything just right?
- How afraid of me were you?
- How many were following you by the end of your ministry?


My name is David Hayward, and I am the nakedpastor. I am a graffiti artist on the walls of religion.







Jesus was not a respecter of the Sabbath. Jesus’ ideals were outside obedience and law. Love wins.
Duh! He was I AM.
He was then and He is now
This is great, David. I would print off copies and hand them out at church. If I went to church, that is!
What happened to the font size on this blog?
Trying to keep up with the heavy hitters on you Bedtime Stories blog heightens my appreciation of your efforts to escape the heavy hand of fundamentalism.
Did you ever expect to generate such a fierce forum of diverse devotees? Dogma galore.Onward Christian soldiers–marching as to war. Awesome grace..
I suspect we will not be asked those questions when we get there too. This should be made into a poster!
I wonder what He was asked. “Are You okay?” “Did it hurt?” “Does it still hurt?”
Take off # 5