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.
David Hayward was a pastor for over 30 years in Presbyterian and Vineyard churches before leaving the paid clergy and setting up The Lasting Supper, an online community for spiritually-independent people. His blog nakedpastor.com has over 200,000 page views per month, with countless more people exposed to my his work via shares on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Google+ and other social media.
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.
David Hayward was a pastor for over 30 years in Presbyterian and Vineyard churches before leaving the paid clergy and setting up The Lasting Supper, an online community for spiritually-independent people. His blog nakedpastor.com has over 200,000 page views per month, with countless more people exposed to my his work via shares on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Google+ and other social media.
