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Faith in Action

The Power of the Act

April 28, 2015 by David Anderson 4 Comments

Abraham Joshua Heschel said, “The act teaches you the meaning of the act.” This is pure wisdom, but we have mostly counseled its reverse. We have tried to teach people the meaning first to see if we might coax them into the act. If we taught people to believe that God calls us to love […]

Filed Under: Belief, Daily Practice, Faith in Action, Happiness, Love, Service, 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

The Case of the Hospital Orderly

June 10, 2014 by David Anderson 6 Comments

All of us are gifted. All of us have something to offer. All of us can touch a life and be a blessing. We often imagine that other people are gifted, other people can make a difference, but we doubt our own powers of blessing. It’s because we trust in bigness-as-greatness. If I can’t deliver […]

Filed Under: Death/Dying, Faith in Action, Grace

Thinking Big Enough

November 8, 2013 by David Anderson 6 Comments

“If your life’s work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you’re not thinking big enough.” -Wes Jackson   Those words gave me pause—a big pause. I read them in an article about sustainable agriculture (as a South Dakota native it’s sad to see the systematic poisoning of the earth as the basis for our agri-business). Wes […]

Filed Under: Community, Daily Practice, Faith in Action, Hope, Service, Uncategorized, Vocation/ Calling

Fleeing Dread or Seeking Love

September 13, 2013 by David Anderson 1 Comment

At thirteen I learned to drive a car with an automatic transmission, but as a teen-aged, car-crazed boy there were a lot of cars—some hot—that were off-limits to those who could not work a standard transmission. I was determined to learn. My coolness was at stake. Our one car was an automatic, but my grandfather, […]

Filed Under: Change, Faith in Action, Fear, Love, Uncategorized, Vocation/ Calling

Harold Richardson’s Fried Chicken

May 13, 2013 by David Anderson 7 Comments

“If I can do anything for you—anything!—just let me know.” You will hear that if someone in your life dies. We heard it plenty the last few days. Pam’s father died on Friday, and between the hour of his death and the hour of his funeral on Sunday, we were flat out. Pam was tired […]

Filed Under: Death/Dying, Faith in Action, grief, Service

The Coming of Justice

January 18, 2013 by David Anderson 3 Comments

On March 7, 1965, 600 civil rights marchers left Selma, Alabama for Montgomery. Governor George Wallace called the march a threat to public safety and vowed to do all in is power to prevent this rabble from marching all the way to his office in Montgomery. When the 600 came to the Edmund Pettis Bridge, […]

Filed Under: Change, Community, Faith in Action, Fear, Forgiveness, Justice/Peace, Repentance

Christmas After Newtown

December 15, 2012 by David Anderson 4 Comments

I lit a fire in the hearth this morning and turned on the lights of the bare Christmas tree. It was six a.m., cold outside with a grey morning light. Nine days before Christmas Eve. Twenty little children have been killed in their classrooms, festooned with holiday decorations and happily cluttered with Christmas crafts. I […]

Filed Under: Change, Community, Faith in Action, Forgiveness, Grace, Healing, Mercy, Repentance

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