by David Anderson
Once you have lived a few years, you understand how precious is time. When you were quite young you knew there were certain things that needed your attention, needed to be done, but you were too busy. Besides, there was always tomorrow. If you needed to lose a few pounds or cut back on your […]
by David Anderson 4 Comments Filed Under: Change, Faith in Action, Now/ the Present
A king, visiting a prison, began to interview the inmates. Prisoner after prisoner insisted that he was innocent, that he had been framed, that a terrible injustice had been done. The King then asked the last prisoner, “And are you, too, as innocent as a lamb?” “No, your majesty. I am a thief. I was […]
by David Anderson 1 Comment Filed Under: Change, Forgiveness
My daughter Sharon, who’s studying for the ministry at Yale Divinity School (one proud father I am!), told me this week about a great sermon she’d heard by an old Baptist preacher. “He spoke about the quiet people,” Sharon wrote. “The folks who sit at church and don’t make a big fuss over themselves, the […]
by David Anderson 11 Comments Filed Under: Change, Daily Practice, Faith in Action, Faithfulness
This is Ash Wednesday. If you darken the door of a church today—or even if you read the paper or the news online—you’ll hear about “sin.” That’s what Christians are repenting of today. Which is true, it’s just that there is a great big ironic problem which would be comic if it were not so […]
by David Anderson 11 Comments Filed Under: Change, Community, Forgiveness, Happiness
Why is it that you can’t smell what you can’t smell? Consider: In the mid-90’s Procter & Gamble began a secret project to create a product that would eliminate bad odors. They spent millions developing a colorless liquid that could be sprayed on anything malodorous—and it worked. The product was called Febreze. After making this […]
by David Anderson 1 Comment Filed Under: Change, Community, Daily Practice
When a “star” like Whitney Houston dies in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, everyone is shocked. We shouldn’t be, of course. Whitney Houston, like so many stars and starlets before her, slid into drug abuse, did stints in rehab, and lived in an abusive marriage. She was hugely successful—selling over 55 million albums—but like every […]
by David Anderson 3 Comments Filed Under: Change, Faith/Trust, Fear, Freedom, Letting Go, Now/ the Present
My father calls himself a conservative. In 1964 he voted for Barry Goldwater, and these days his car sports a big blue bumper sticker: CAIN. He is a born-again Christian who believes in the Bible and doesn’t believe in evolution. He’s a teetotaler. But I have to say, at nearly 93 my father is also […]
by David Anderson 19 Comments Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Change, Faithfulness, Family, Forgiveness, Grace, Love
Why does the Queen always carry that purse? A friend was telling me at brunch on Sunday that he and his wife had been honored, on a recent trip to London, to be welcomed to Buckingham Palace. They were part of a larger church group. Ken said the Queen came in and worked the […]
by David Anderson 3 Comments Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Change, Faithfulness, Surrender