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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

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 […]

Filed Under: Grace, grief, Surrender

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 […]

Filed Under: Blessing, Conflict, Healing, Surrender, Transformation Tagged With: Blessing

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 […]

Filed Under: Faith/Trust, Fear, Happiness, Letting Go, Suffering, Surrender

Life is a Ride

May 27, 2014 by David Anderson 5 Comments

Riding a hot air balloon is probably about as dangerous as riding a Ferris wheel, but it didn’t feel that way on Saturday when I climbed into a basket and the thing took off. As the massive balloon inflated, it took the pilot, Stan, and three men on the ground to keep it under control. […]

Filed Under: Faith/Trust, Fear, Freedom, Happiness, Letting Go, Surrender

The Empty Boat

March 18, 2014 by David Anderson 8 Comments

A man is having an enjoyable boat ride on a river. It is dusk. The man looks up to see another boat coming down the river toward him, and his first thought is how nice it is that someone else is out enjoying the river and the beauty of a summer’s evening. Then he realizes […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Conflict, Fear, Freedom, Happiness, Reality--trusting it, Surrender

Narrow Your Options

February 22, 2014 by David Anderson 14 Comments

Creativity is kin to spirituality. As a writer and a pastor, I am always intrigued by how the creative process—for any artist—tracks so closely the movement of the Spirit. The key to creativity, I find, also fits the lock and opens the door of the soul. And that key is: limits. Everything about our world […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Choice, creativity, Freedom, Happiness, Letting Go, Now/ the Present, Reality--trusting it, Surrender

Of Groundhogs and Light

February 2, 2014 by David Anderson 5 Comments

(We’ll get to Gobbler’s Knob in a moment.) Today—February 2nd—is a big turning point. It’s a great cross-quarter day, midway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. In ancient, agricultural societies it was regarded as the beginning of spring—the time for first turning the soil in preparation for March planting. There were prayers and […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Awareness, Change, Letting Go, LIght, Surrender

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