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Awareness

How To Unmask a Deepfake

February 2, 2023 by David Anderson 23 Comments

As artificial intelligence makes leap after quantum leap, we are faced with the very real problem of discerning what is real and what is synthetic media. We’ve all seen deepfake videos that seem absolutely real, and it’s not hard to see the threat this poses to nearly every aspect of our lives and of our […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Discernment

Just Drop It

January 12, 2023 by David Anderson 10 Comments

Everybody talks about “letting go.” Then why don’t we? In October a delivery truck hit the stone wall at the entrance to our driveway, doing modest damage. For months I’ve been calling the company owner to respond to the repair estimate he requested. Every time I call, the receptionist says Ricky is out, but will […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Change, Choice, Daily Practice, Freedom, Happiness, Healing, Letting Go, Now/ the Present

I Don’t Need Heaven

December 29, 2021 by David Anderson 16 Comments

It is a moment of no significance. We are standing Christmas Day in the outdoor kitchen—adults in parkas and kids cavorting—gathered around the big propane burner my wife pulls out to fry doughnuts or fish and hush puppies or French fries, like her father did. Today it is paper-thin potato slices, bound with butter and […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Happiness, Heaven, Now/ the Present

The Glory of Nothing

January 7, 2016 by David Anderson 18 Comments

In the first blush of the season of Epiphany, I think I had one today. I was talking to a friend on the phone last week. He said, I’m not really enjoying work. My commute to D.C is a bear. My work life is winding down toward retirement. But what am I good at these […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Gratitude, Happiness, Nature/Creation, Now/ the Present, Seeing

Letting Beliefs Go

April 21, 2015 by David Anderson 8 Comments

This morning I read this: A broad group of scholars is beginning to demonstrate that religious belief and factual belief are indeed different kinds of mental creatures. First of all, they have noticed that the very language people use changes when they talk about religious beings, and the changes mean that they think about their […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Awareness, Belief, Faith/Trust, Letting Go, Now/ the Present, Surrender, Transformation

Fear of Falling

April 14, 2015 by David Anderson 4 Comments

My father was afraid to fall. With good reason: he is 96 years old. Almost a year ago his blood pressure was so low he got dizzy and collapsed. Luckily he wasn’t injured, but he got it in his head—The most important thing is: Do Not Fall. Dad got a walker and wheelchair. He didn’t […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Faith in Action, Family, Fear, Freedom, Letting Go

Monday, Monday

April 6, 2015 by David Anderson 10 Comments

Easter Monday is always like the day after Christmas. The party is over. The leftover lamb is sitting forlorn on the counter top; it was not put away last night. The children’s plastic eggs lie empty and raided on the floor. The sun comes in the window a little harsh. That great victory over death […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Awareness, Blessing, Grace, Gratitude, Happiness, Letting Go, Now/ the Present, Seeing, Transformation

The Cock Crows

April 2, 2015 by David Anderson 3 Comments

At the heart of the “Greatest Story Ever Told” is a betrayal. No one would call their child Judas. The name is slimed with centuries of condemnation: the lily-livered turncoat who betrayed an innocent man for thirty pieces of silver. We might understand how the crowd could turn on Jesus, but how could someone from […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Character, Faithfulness, Grace, Mercy

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