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Why Am I My Own Worst Judge?

March 16, 2023 by David Anderson 6 Comments

Some years ago, the Dove soap company created a video. At the time, a woman sent me the link because it seemed a profound demonstration of self-judgment. The video shows a forensic sketch artist, asked to draw a series of women based solely on their descriptions. Seated at a drafting table with his back to […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, Identity, Lent, Letting Go, Seeing

The Yellow Falling Leaf

February 22, 2023 by David Anderson 16 Comments

Question One: What more did I think I wanted? We don’t think of Ash Wednesday as a time to reflect on happiness. Isn’t it about sackcloth and guilt? But Ash Wednesday is set apart simply as a day to ponder this one fact: We came from dust, and we return to dust. When we accept […]

Filed Under: Blessing, Daily Practice, Faith/Trust, Gratitude, Happiness, Lent, Letting Go, Love, Nature/Creation, Now/ the Present, Prayer/Meditation, Reality--trusting it, Repentance, Surrender

Meeting My Brother in the E.R.

February 16, 2023 by David Anderson 4 Comments

I was already aware of him when he walked in. He was the man whose car pulled up to the door just ahead of us, and I had hopped out quickly to get ahead of him. Who knows how deep the line is inside that door. I am on vacation in a strange town. I’ve […]

Filed Under: Community, Grace, Gratitude, Healing, LIght, Love, Mercy

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

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

You Shall Conceive and Bear a (Grand) Child

December 2, 2014 by David Anderson 9 Comments

My daughter is having a baby which means that I am having a grandchild. Grandparenthood is once removed. This is a birth you did not conceive. You did not have any choice in this matter. Often parents have to “try” to have a child. They decide that now is a good time to allow it […]

Filed Under: Blessing, Family, Grace, Gratitude, Letting Go, Patience, Waiting

Just for a Moment

November 10, 2014 by David Anderson 3 Comments

One of the lessons we learn as we grow older is to cherish life every day, and not to pin our hopes on a future that never comes. We all believe in the myth of future bliss. Americans especially swear by this one—that with a lot of hard work and sacrifice we’ll one day achieve […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Awareness, Gratitude, Happiness, Love, Now/ the Present

The Beauty of Imperfection

October 6, 2014 by David Anderson 6 Comments

The primary cause of mental illness, Karl Menninger said, is the inability of people to forgive themselves for being imperfect. Those words came from Frank Griswold, the former Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, preaching at Saint Luke’s this morning. He was speaking of St. Paul, who sought famously to perfect himself through a rigorous […]

Filed Under: Faith/Trust, Grace, Gratitude, Happiness, Letting Go, Mercy, Patience, Suffering, Surrender, Transformation

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