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A Cancer Survivor’s Calling

October 27, 2014 by David Anderson 8 Comments

  “I know what my calling is,” Brenda said. She is a cancer survivor, alive today, she told me, because three women had carried her on their prayers from fear and death to healing and life. She went on . . . I’ll give you an example. I went for a scan, and I’m so […]

Filed Under: Fear, Healing, Hope, Love, Vocation/ Calling

“I Expect Him Today”

December 10, 2013 by David Anderson 6 Comments

Advent pulls in two directions. It recalls a “first coming” but only to awaken our senses so that we will not miss the “second coming.” I don’t go in much for the Second Coming. That’s almost completely because as a child I was taught to look for the Second Coming in literal form. Christ would […]

Filed Under: Daily Practice, Hope, Now/ the Present, Waiting

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

Parable of the Twin Fetuses

June 10, 2013 by David Anderson 7 Comments

Life each day presents us with the unknown. What will happen? What will not happen? Our great fear is simply not knowing what comes next—and our ultimate fear is of the end. What happens when we die? The big fear—of death—is expressed in all the little fears that roil our hearts, the hundred things each […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Death/Dying, Faith/Trust, Fear, Heaven, Hope, Letting Go, Love, Now/ the Present, Reality--trusting it

The Three Days’ Wait

March 30, 2013 by David Anderson 5 Comments

The message of Easter is very simple. When something dies, bury it. Then walk away, let it be. The Bible says three days—let it be for three days. That’s how long Jesus was in the tomb. That’s how long Jonah was buried in the belly of the sea monster. “Three days” is biblical language for […]

Filed Under: Faith/Trust, Hope, Letting Go, Now/ the Present, Reality--trusting it, Uncategorized

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

Hope is not Optimism

December 17, 2012 by David Anderson 4 Comments

This is Advent, the season of hope. Yet our hopes were dashed on Friday. Many people haven’t felt like this since 9/11. The tragedy that struck that elementary school in Newtown makes us wonder. Is there any hope? Any hope for the kingdom? For a world where the lion and the lamb lie down together? Hope, the great […]

Filed Under: Faith/Trust, Family, Healing, Hope

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