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by David Anderson

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Are You The Person You Say You Are?

March 21, 2023 by David Anderson 8 Comments

A few weeks before her mother died, my wife Pam discovered that her mother had been married—and divorced—before she met and married Pam’s father. It was a shock to Pam because, as an only child, she wondered how her mother could have withheld the story of her life. And then, of course, in the light […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Character, Family, Identity, Intimacy, Lent

The Power of Simple Touch

March 17, 2015 by David Anderson 15 Comments

He lay there with only his diaper on, my grandson Dashiell. It was seven o’clock, time for his bedtime rituals. My wife, who adores this eight week-old child, is ready to give Dash his massage. She dips her hands in coconut oil and begins to stroke his stomach. She rubs his legs and presses her […]

Filed Under: Blessing, Family, Healing, Intimacy, Love

Two Words and a Wedding

August 16, 2014 by David Anderson 10 Comments

  Tonight I will officiate at my second wedding in a week. I like weddings, but I always struggle with what to say. At baptisms, the parents in the front pews listen even though they’re often tussling with older siblings of the one in white. At funerals, people listen intently. Their stare—both skeptical and desperate—says: […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Conflict, Daily Practice, Family, Forgiveness, Happiness, Intimacy, Letting Go, Love, Mercy, Reality--trusting it, Suffering, Surrender

Monastic Gin

April 27, 2014 by David Anderson 7 Comments

I am sitting with my father, playing gin rummy, but I might as well be sitting in a monastery or any retreat house. I am here for a week. Our days are simple and highly ritualized. Breakfast is at 8:30. (Two eggs on an English muffin, daily, for him.) We may converse for a while […]

Filed Under: Community, Daily Practice, Family, Intimacy, Prayer/Meditation, Silence

Elevator Rules

October 2, 2012 by David Anderson 4 Comments

Everybody knows the Elevator Rules. Rule #1            Stand facing the door. Rule #2            Space yourself evenly in the elevator car. Rule #3            Stand still. Rule #4            Don’t talk to strangers. Rule #5            Keep your eyes on the floor indicator lights. There’s some wisdom in elevator etiquette, how to conduct yourself when you’re locked into a […]

Filed Under: Community, Intimacy, Seeing

You Are Loved

September 24, 2012 by David Anderson 4 Comments

It’s hard to believe, but in the first part of the twentieth century, psychologists and doctors were suspicious of nurses who wanted to pick up newborn infants in the hospital nursery and hold them. Some doctors observed that infants who were picked up by nurses got sick, and concluded that the close contact had transmitted […]

Filed Under: Faith/Trust, Family, Intimacy, Love

The Eyes of Mark

September 8, 2012 by David Anderson 5 Comments

When I walked into the grocery store, he was standing by the door. I’d never seen him before, but he was wearing a uniform and I knew he was an employee. I said an average hello, and he responded with a hello so happy it startled me. Then he handed me a shopping basket. I […]

Filed Under: Community, Happiness, Intimacy, Love

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