Sitemap - 2023 - Perspective Shift by Colby Martin

But First... Love.

30 Years of Ache and a Lifetime of Meaning Distilled into One Question.

Where Ought we Expect to Find God?

A More Accurate Background to the Nativity Scene

The Political Nature of the Stories of Jesus' Birth

I love Christmas NOW, as an adult. But as a child-of-divorce? Notsomuch... 🫣

How an Unlikely Friendship Gave Me Courage to Risk Being a Fool

The Dissolution of This Dimension as I Fade into the (Surprisingly UnScary) Darkness

Ephesians Shows a Softer, More Spiritually Mature Paul

Hallucinations on the Ceiling: The Magic Begins

Three Values that Help Me Know How I Want to Live

I Don't Know Where I'm Going, But I Know How to Get There

Paul is Still Pretty Fiery, But Starts to Balance Out (Part 2 in The Growth and Maturation of St Paul)

I Think I Might Try Going to Church

The Growth and Maturation of the Apostle Paul: Part 1

Why I'm Logging Off Social Media for Awhile

The Power of Positive Thinking is Cool and All, but it Ultimately Doesn't Work

The Lack of a Wedding Ring Still Surprises Me

Was it "too soon" for me to start dating, after only being divorced for six months?

Set, Setting, and Orange Juice (Part 11 in my series, "My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love")

Join Me for a Livestream Concert (Yes, I Do Music!)

What Do I Really Want? (Part 10 in "My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love")

The Ring Theory of Grief: Comfort In, Dump Out

When you don't have a faith community that accepts or encourages questions and growth.

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 9: Do I Still Want to Be a Pastor?)

The Parable of the Shepherd Who Lost a Sheep

Performing CPR on a Corpse

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 8: Enough Time for Coffee and to Pee)

Too Much of Anything is Not Good

The Day I Moved Out

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 7: The Final Tipping Point to Say Yes)

Loads of New Folk! May I Introduce Myself?

One Year Ago Today My Marriage Ended

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 6: Risks vs Reward)

Sunday Sermon: When Your Old Self Resists Your New Self's Efforts to Grow and Change

Look for Hate, You'll Find it. Look for Love, You'll Find it.

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 5: The Research is In: Mushrooms Work!)

"So What Caused You to Become a More Liberal Christian," He Asked Me

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 4: I Didn't Like Me)

Learning to Love My Current Car (as a Practice for Learning to Love My Current Self)

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 3: Therapy Alone Wasn't Cutting It)

Is there a Divine Preference for Diversity?

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 2: Let Go and Let Shroom)

My Mushroom Journey to Healed Trauma, Less Shame, and More Love (Part 1: The Morpheus to My Neo)

This One Experience Changed My Life

To Celebrate PRIDE Month, I'm Bigly Discounting My UnClobber Courses

Sometimes Clouds are Just Clouds

Pearls Before Swine

Finally Naming the Church that Fired me in 2011

Should We Even Bother Reading the Bible?

"I'm Not Needed"

What's So Good about Good Friday?

The Gospel is MEANT to be Offensive!? Part 2

Love Our Enemies? But, like, HOW?!

Coming to a City Near You!(?)

The Gospel is MEANT to be Offensive!? Part 1

An Evangelical Megachurch Pastor and I Both Agree: Churches Should Be Clear About Their Anti-LGBTQ Beliefs and Policies

A Fairly Significant Life Update

Visiting the Church that Fired Me