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Faithfulness

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

God is Not Urgent

January 19, 2015 by David Anderson 5 Comments

About now, many of us are looking at our New Year’s resolutions and wondering what happened to our resolve. I don’t care much for resolutions, since they are mostly attempts to arm-wrestle small problems into submission without having to look plainly at one’s life. I like “priorities” instead of “resolutions.” Which reminds me immediately of […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Change, Daily Practice, Faithfulness, Happiness, Now/ the Present, Patience

Waiting for the Bus

December 1, 2013 by David Anderson 3 Comments

I am sitting at a bus stop in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. I am not the one hoping to board a bus, it is my son-in-law, Andy. Andy and Maggy have come out to our home in Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving. Today, though, it is time to head back to New York. Maggy is staying the day since […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Faithfulness, Letting Go, Now/ the Present, Patience, Reality--trusting it, Waiting

Twenty Four Tributes: For My Father Turning 94

February 25, 2013 by David Anderson 9 Comments

On Saturday my father, Gerald Anderson, turned 94. My brother wrote a birthday email and copied all seven of us siblings and all the in-laws. He ended by listing five gifts that Dad has passed on to all of us. 1. That you know yourself to be loved by God, 2. That you have lived in […]

Filed Under: Character, Daily Practice, Faithfulness, Family, Grace, Gratitude, Happiness

The Lantern Never Lies

February 19, 2013 by David Anderson 2 Comments

On the odyssey of life we need some way of knowing where we are, and whether we’re headed the right direction. In English, to be “oriented” is to know where east is. Historically, church buildings are situated so that the altar is on the east wall, and almost always a window opens to receive the […]

Filed Under: Character, Community, Daily Practice, Faithfulness, Prayer/Meditation, Seeing, Silence, Vocation/ Calling

Trusting God When Things are Changing

February 4, 2013 by David Anderson 6 Comments

“I have a great quote for you!” It was my friend Judy—the first thing she said to me when we met on a retreat this weekend. “Let me have it.” I said. “Change is inevitable,” Judy said, “growth is optional.” I nodded and we both smiled. I saw a tee shirt once that said, “Change is […]

Filed Under: Change, Faith/Trust, Faithfulness, Happiness, Letting Go, Reality--trusting it, Surrender

A Teaspoon of Sand

October 5, 2012 by David Anderson 2 Comments

Ted Ryan, a friend of mine, told me about an experience that goes under the category of “the things a child can imagine.” He was giving his four year-old son breakfast before he went off to work, but the boy was just sitting there. He wasn’t touching his cereal. So Ted says to his son, […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Change, Character, Choice, Daily Practice, Faithfulness, Prayer/Meditation, Uncategorized

The Mask that Changed His Face

September 3, 2012 by David Anderson 3 Comments

In an age of doubt and—worse—of apathy and cynicism, we all struggle to “believe.” We can’t believe what we blindly accepted as a child; many passages from the Bible are either confounding or troubling; taken literally, the Creed is a bridge too far. Faith or spirituality was always presented as a matter of “belief”—what you […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Belief, Change, Daily Practice, Faith in Action, Faithfulness

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