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Despite Our Best Efforts, the Holy Spirit Actually Comes

June 5, 2022 by David Anderson 9 Comments

The Holy Spirit had a trick up her sleeve this morning—thankfully. I needed it. On the Feast of Pentecost I had slipped into my wonted pew for the 8:00 service, the early gathering I prefer precisely for its quiet and lack of crowds, and immediately I had the sense I often have at religious festivals. […]

A Counsel Against Self-Condemnation–From a Bird

April 12, 2022 by David Anderson 14 Comments

I awake to a clatter at the back door. Erratic rapping on glass. I come down to investigate and find a scarlet cardinal sitting on the railing, then flying beak first into the all-glass door. A flutter and crash, regrouping on the railing, head cocking this way and that, then attacking the glass again, and […]

Joining a Club to which You Do Not Wish to Belong

March 22, 2022 by David Anderson 6 Comments

“It was a mess—my whole life just sort of ended.” I hear this as I pour the woman another cup of tea. She’s not talking to me, but to another woman. I am just the server, but I overhear their conversation. “I couldn’t take care of the kids, my husband’s job wouldn’t let up.” Pam […]

The Abandoned Child

March 12, 2022 by David Anderson 5 Comments

All I expected from Hola Cuban Café was a good Cuban sandwich. I got that, but I also received a life story that was incomparable. We placed our order and were sitting at a table on the porch, waiting. The Florida sun felt good. At the other table a man was also on hold. He […]

Epitaph on a Tyrant

March 7, 2022 by David Anderson 6 Comments

Epitaph on a Tyrant W.H. Auden (1907-1973) Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;He knew human folly like the back of his hand,And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,And when he cried the little children died in […]

Prayer in Time of War

February 24, 2022 by David Anderson 14 Comments

The Invasion has begun, the headline blares in towering letters, all in bold.  Shelling. Number dead. Civilians covered in blood.  When I sit quietly this morning, the reading—something about God’s unconditional love—seems flat, distant, untrue. Then the book closes and it is time to settle in, quiet the mind, be still and invite the Presence. […]

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