David Hayward

David Hayward, aka nakedpastor, has published his first book of cartoons. This book contains 101 of his best and most provocative cartoons, including 10 new ones exclusive to this book.Here's what people are saying: "What another creative communicator did with parables, David Hayward does with cartoons... I'm a big fan " Brian McLaren"David Hayward says in pictures what I would love to say in words. There are times when all the words in the word don't say it as well a rightly crafted image. David Hayward says more of the hopes of God, the struggles of the church and the possible path forward for us all in images than anyone could with words." Doug Pagitt"David Hayward does what cartoonists do best: he makes you laugh, gets you on side, and then catches you unawares with a challenging thought that comes at you sideways. Unmissable " Maggi Dawn"Through nakedpastor's cartoons, I've been able to join other broken buddies as we pray and play on the fringes of the faith. By deconstructing the mounds of Jesus junk, we can catch fleeting glimpses of God." Becky Garrison"David's cartoon's are often funny, sometimes sad, always honest. I think of them as political cartoons that aren't about politics: they express a longing or a frustration or challenge to think in a new way." Mark Oestreicher

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From the cartoonist who points his pen straight at today's pressing issues of inclusion, faith, spiritual abuse, and justice comes Flip It Like This Aggravated women disciples, Jesus hugging rainbow sheep, a man praying WTF?: the cartoons of David Hayward, the artist behind @NakedPastor, are graffiti on the walls of the contemporary church. He sketches the ridiculous, the appalling, and the damaging aspects of the church as we know it--as well as Jesus erasing lines, embracing the excluded, and standing outside the church's walls. In this collection, which includes Hayward's most beloved comics as well as never-before-seen cartoons, we find more of the whimsy, impertinence, and tenderness that we didn't even know we needed. These cartoons are for those who have been battered or infuriated by the church and who long to see it change. Upending notions of who's in and who's out, Hayward's comic vision overturns false pieties and harmful dogmas in one fell swoop.

Dej el ministerio profesional y la iglesia abruptamente en la primavera de 2010.Finalmente hab a tenido suficiente. Quer a ser libre. Necesitaba ser libre. Lo que descubr , sin embargo, fue que hab a sido libre todo el tiempo. Simplemente ten a que vivirlo.En aquel tiempo mi esposa, Lisa, trabajaba los viernes y s bados en la noche. As que contaba con esas dos noches para crear mis obras de arte en soledad. He sido un artista la mayor parte de mi vida, por lo general enfoc ndome en melanc licos paisajes con acuarela. Pero repentinamente me encontr usando l pices y bol grafos. Me encontr dibujando estas detalladas im genes de una joven mujer en varias situaciones. Por lo general ella estaba desnuda y casi siempre vista de atr s, en contacto con la naturaleza, animales, aves, peces, los elementos, pero esencialmente siempre con ella misma.Una noche, mientras dibujaba "Cueva", me percat de una incre ble cantidad de emoci n dentro m oa medida que la dibujaba. Fue entonces cuando me di cuenta de que estaba dibujando mi propio viaje, registrando mi propia traves a espiritual. Sab a que su nombre era Sof a y que ella representaba elperegrinaje desde estar atrapado a ser libre. Al mismo tiempo, not como mucha gente, especialmente mujeres, se sent an intrigadas, inspiradas y alentadas por ella a medida que publicaba cada imagen en mi blog, nakedpastor.Ni siquiera fue intencional. Fue como un fluir de la consciencia. S lo dibujaba lo que me sent a inspirado a dibujar cada vez que ten a la inspiraci n para hacerlo. Las im genes continuaron fluyendo por m s de dos a os hasta llegar a acumular m s de cincuenta y cinco de ellas. Cuando finalic mi ltimo dibujo, supe que hab a terminado. Hab a concluido. Sof a, yo, hab amos hallado la anhelada libertad.As que cuando lees la historia de Sof a y ves los dibujos, est s viendo no s lo el viaje de una joven mujer luchando valientemente por alcanzar su propia independencia espiritual y ganar su libertad. Tambi nest s leyendo mi historia. Esto se trata de m . Pero tambi n se trata de tantos de ustedes que se sienten o se sintieron atrapados y quieren hacer lo que sea necesario para ser libres.No cometas el error, como yo lo hice, de asumir que la liberaci n de la cautividad es f cil. No lo es. Est llena de peligro. Pero si realizas bien tu viaje, entrar s en una libertad que nunca antes has conocido.Tienes que acostumbrarte a ella. Espero que este libro sea de utilidad. Creo que esta es la raz n por la que la luna juega un papel importante en esta historia: es la noche oscura del alma. Hay muy poca luz, y la que hay es un reflejo. Pero puedo afirmar que, si perseveras, entrar s en una luz tan brillante como el sol... tu propia luz.De manera intencional, nunca muestro completamente a Sof a. Nunca vemos su rostro. Esto se debe a que ella es todos nosotros.Comparte el viaje conmigo.

David Hayward – the ‘Naked Pastor’ – is one of the most prolific Christian cartoonists of the online world. Describing himself as ‘a graffiti artist on the walls of religion’ with the aim of ‘helping people undress religion to the core essential of their own unique spirituality’, his immediately-recognisable images are shared by thousands across social media every day. This book uses David’s cartoons and accompanying text to tell his own story from being a ‘Closed’ Christian, with a black and white, fundamentalist view of the world to the freedom of becoming an ‘Open’ Christian with the courage to ask questions and wrestle with some of the tougher challenges of faith.

In 2010, David Hayward underwent a traumatic transition in his life. He began drawing images of a young woman in all kinds of situations. He recognized early on that these drawings weren't just random pictures, but were the articulation of his interior life's journey through spiritual, emotional, intellectual and social transition. He realized that Sophia was him This is the story of Sophia who starts by finding herself feeling trapped in so many ways. But she won't stay there. This is also the story of her journey into her own independence and freedom. There are 59 drawings, with 59 meditations, that chronicle her journey. Journey with her as she comes face to face with many dangers, but especially with herself.Join with many others who have fallen in love with Sophia and also recognize her story as theirs.

Dave, I just finished the first chapter of a new novel-a real crime novel with a dead body and all-and I thought of you... Paul and Lacey Hansen are pot-growing, twentysomething siblings sharing a modest rambler of a home in rural Northern California. When they find a headless corpse on their property they can't exactly call 911, so they simply move the body to another location. Let somebody else find it. Instead, the corpse reappears on their land. Clearly, someone is sending them a message, and it's getting riper by the day. But that's only half of the story...Enter authors Lisa Lutz and David Hayward-former real-life partners (professionally and personally) who have agreed to reunite for a tag- team mystery novel written in alternating chapters. One little problem: they disagree on pretty much every detail of how their novel should unfold. While the body count rises in Paul and Lacey's wildly unpredictable fictional world, so too does the intensity of Lisa and David's rivalry. The result is a literary brawl like no other, and a murder mystery every bit as unanticipated (and bloody).