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Second Marriage (Same People)

June 3, 2013 by David Anderson 20 Comments

Today is my 35th wedding anniversary. Pam and I were married June 3rd 1978 in Panama City, Florida. After 35 years, my marriage is blessedly the most important thing in my life. But it wasn’t always. We all marry a fantasy, an idealized image of the perfect husband or wife. A few months or years […]

Filed Under: Change, Conflict, Family, Forgiveness, Grace, Happiness, Love, Surrender

Love Wins–Every Time

April 19, 2013 by David Anderson 7 Comments

This week was a rattler. The bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon sent a ripple through our nerves, through our families and communities. I heard from people whose children were there, a block or two from the finish line, heard the explosions, ran for dear life. Walked miles and miles to get […]

Filed Under: Faith/Trust, Fear, Forgiveness, Freedom, Grace, Love, Mercy

The Last Family Fight

March 11, 2013 by David Anderson 5 Comments

We just don’t argue anymore. I spent the weekend with my six brothers and sisters—along with all our husbands and wives, except for my brother-in-law Larry in Kuwait. We were in Knoxville for a late celebration of my father’s 94th birthday. And we didn’t argue or fight. Which is saying something in this family. Twenty […]

Filed Under: Conflict, Family, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Love

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

The Left-Handed Blessing of Christmas Eve

December 26, 2012 by David Anderson 5 Comments

  On Christmas Eve, as I placed a piece of bread in a man’s hands, he gripped my arm and said, “29 years of sobriety. Thank you.” Normally, the communion ritual is mute, except for the words of administration. “The body of Christ, the bread of heaven.” Sometimes the recipient says only, “Amen.” So be […]

Filed Under: Forgiveness, Grace, Healing, Hope, Uncategorized

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

The Man Who Spoils Advent

December 12, 2012 by David Anderson 2 Comments

It happens every year. We get off to such a beautiful start in Advent, and then he shows up. This season of hope and expectation opens with the lighting of the first purple candle and a glorious reading from Isaiah. Then comes the second Sunday of Advent, and he makes his annual appearance, the man […]

Filed Under: Change, Faith in Action, Forgiveness, Repentance, Waiting

Ninety in Ninety

November 7, 2012 by David Anderson 12 Comments

Ninety in ninety. That’s what my friend—I’ll call him Gary—had just accomplished a week earlier. Ninety AA meetings in ninety days. We sat in a coffee shop last night and I heard his story. There are a thousand ways to be a drunk, but one outcome. You can’t stop drinking even though it’s killing you […]

Filed Under: Change, Daily Practice, Forgiveness, Healing, Prayer/Meditation, Surrender

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