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Patience

Behold, I Make All Things New

January 5, 2023 by David Anderson 14 Comments

On the first day of the New Year I find myself sanding and painting two bedside tables. This was not my idea. We got them years ago at a church rummage sale, and they were old and beat up then. Maybe just call Amazon. But Pam suggested we simply paint the tops, and the two […]

Filed Under: Change, Love, Patience, Transformation

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

Beware: Inner Peace

December 8, 2014 by David Anderson 6 Comments

I received this alert, and it’s the kind of warning that–in this Advent season–I am delighted to pass on. Symptoms of Inner Peace Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could come down […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Breathing, Daily Practice, Faith/Trust, Fear, Forgiveness, Happiness, Letting Go, Love, Now/ the Present, Patience, Surrender, Uncategorized

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

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

Lessons in Stone

September 8, 2014 by David Anderson 13 Comments

If you want to know what beauty is and how it is created in this life, build a simple stone wall. When I decided to build two low stone walls on either side of the driveway into our home in Pennsylvania, I went in search of stone. I wished for a truck that would drop […]

Filed Under: creativity, Nature/Creation, Patience, work

Alone With My Thoughts? Just Shock Me.

July 30, 2014 by David Anderson 4 Comments

  All mankind’s troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly in a room. -Blaise Pascal   When I leave on vacation later in August, I am leaving my smart phone at home. There should probably be some version of methadone for those who stop doodling with their phones […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Awareness, Faith/Trust, Letting Go, Listening, Now/ the Present, Patience, Prayer/Meditation, Silence

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

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