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doesn't it embarrass you to make money here by selling your drawings which are precisely criticizing how some churches and pastors try to make as much money as possible from their followers?That's a quote. I've had other comments like, "Jesus wouldn't sell his art. He'd give it away. You should too." I've posted quite a bit about my own spiritual struggle with money. My years and years in the church gave me a rather unhealthy attitude about money that it was evil, I would be weak to need it, and that it is selfish and greedy to earn it. I didn't feel this way about other people, but I did about myself. You can read my "Money Confession" here. Now that I've been out of the ministry for a year and a half, and also having talked with a counsellor about it, I'm feeling much better and thinking much healthier. I want to tell people who challenge me on selling my art, etc., that I am selling actual products. I'm not asking for your support. Although if someone offers it I'm happy to receive it. I would love to be doing nakedpastor full time. I'm not nearly there yet. But that is a dream I have that I work hard to see fulfilled one day. So, lightheartedly, I imagine these people talking to Jesus: