• Skip to content

Finding Your Soul - Real Faith, Real Life

by David Anderson

  • About Me
  • Topics
    • Change
    • Faith/Trust
    • Family
    • Fear
    • Forgiveness
    • Freedom
    • Happiness
    • Justice/Peace
    • Love
    • Nature/Creation
    • Science
    • Surrender
  • Books
  • Contact me
You are here: Home / Archives for Surrender

Surrender

Be Not Afraid

October 13, 2014 by David Anderson 3 Comments

“Hurricane Fay to fade, but Gonzalo waits in the wings.” My home page opens to NBC News, and this is the latest headline. If we are disappointed that Fay has faded, it means to say, there is yet more to worry about. Ganzalo waits in the wings. Polls show that Americans are increasingly afraid. We […]

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 […]

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: […]

For All The Robin Williams’s in My Life

August 12, 2014 by David Anderson 13 Comments

I was startled, then saddened this morning to read of Robin Williams’ death. “. . .suicide by asphyxia.” “ . . . battling severe depression.” “ . . .  addiction to alcohol.” “. . . an admitted abuser of cocaine — which he also referred to as ‘Peruvian marching power’ and ‘the devil’s dandruff’.” I […]

Wrestling a Blessing (With a Limp to Prove it)

August 5, 2014 by David Anderson 5 Comments

“What kind of God is this who wrestles with us, Dad?” The voice on the phone was my daughter Sharon. A candidate for ordination, she had preached on the story of Jacob wrestling with God. Now, walking home from church in downtown Atlanta, she was calling me, in a state of holy agitation. “A God […]

Lay My Burden Down

July 7, 2014 by David Anderson 8 Comments

“Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” I read this passage to my congregation yesterday, surely some of the most sublime words ever to pass Jesus’ lips. But instead of my talking and talking about those beautiful […]

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • …
  • Page 7
  • Next Page »

Copyright © 2021 · Atmosphere Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in