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Truth, Lies, and Blue Skies

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 ~ David Mercer ~ 4 Comments

The biggest grudge I have against religion (particularly conservative religion) is that it urges people to lie....

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A Conspiracy of Silence

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 ~ David Mercer ~ 1 Comment

I’m horrified that we locked my sweet, loveable, funny aunt into a prison of silence, where she dreaded the day she would die and go to the hell we had created.

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Will God Answer for His Actions?

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 ~ David Mercer ~ 8 Comments

Over my time as a minister, people whispered these questions to me, often ashamed to put them into words. I’m articulating them in hopes of engaging their thinking.

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What Do I Call Myself?

October 15, 2017 ~ David Mercer ~ 4 Comments

I haven't lost myself. I'm growing up.

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What Will Happen When I Die?

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 ~ David Mercer ~ 3 Comments

My consciousness… that presence behind the eyes that processes my thoughts and experiences--does it drift away and go somewhere else? 

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Angry Outcasts

July 22, 2017May 15, 2020 ~ David Mercer ~ 5 Comments

Parents, your children are more important than your religion.

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Silent Reckoning

May 17, 2017June 8, 2017 ~ David Mercer ~ 6 Comments

I finally admitted to myself that while I prayed constantly, God never answered back. No words came to me. The feelings I experienced were my own.  And the events that happened after I prayed had only the meaning I attributed to them.  It was painful.  I had poured out my life in service to someone … Continue reading Silent Reckoning

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First Look at the Ocean

December 31, 2016June 8, 2017 ~ David Mercer ~ Leave a comment

  I finally got to show them the ocean.  Photo by David Mercer, 2016 I promised a long time ago I would show it to them.  The older one was in first grade. The younger one hadn’t started preschool yet. I had wanted them to stand next to this mysterious organism to feel its rhythms … Continue reading First Look at the Ocean

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