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Transformation

The Manger

December 3, 2023 by David Anderson 9 Comments

Isaiah 7:10-14 “A woman is with child, and will bear a son,and will call him Emmanuel.” This is where we begin our Advent pilgrimage. A crib. The nativity scene is all there, Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and their sheep—except for the Child. The manger is empty. Let it stay that way, unfilled, for now. […]

Filed Under: Advent, Awareness, Happiness, Healing, Hope, Prayer/Meditation, Transformation

My Father’s Thanksgiving Hymn

November 23, 2023 by David Anderson 7 Comments

My father, as drawn by my nephew, Kasper Kavalaris I grew up in a Swedish Baptist Church in Yankton, South Dakota. My family sat in the second pew, one long enough to hold my two brothers, my four sisters, my parents, and me. We sang all the American gospel hymns—by Fannie Crosby, Charles Wesley, Ira […]

Filed Under: Abundance, Awareness, Family, Grace, Gratitude, grief, Happiness, Healing, Mercy, Surrender, Transformation

Amazing Grace & Astounding Gratitude

November 9, 2023 by David Anderson 5 Comments

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice of an echo. Gratitude follows grace like thunder lightning. —Karl Barth The gratitude Barth speaks of is not happiness, certainly not elation. Maybe we feel grateful when something turns out perfectly, or our hard work is rewarded with some kind […]

Filed Under: Awe, Blessing, Daily Practice, Forgiveness, Grace, Gratitude, Happiness, Healing, Mercy, Salvation, Surrender, Transformation

The Mended Wall

October 26, 2023 by David Anderson 12 Comments

One day, not long after we moved into the Rectory at Saint Luke’s Parish, one of my daughter’s friends—a young driver—was backing out of the driveway late at night and hit the column on the end of the old stone wall that ran along the road.   The end-column, about a foot higher than the […]

Filed Under: Beauty, creativity, Grace, Healing, Transformation

The Spiral Staircase

October 12, 2023 by David Anderson 9 Comments

“We’re going in circles! We’re going in circles!” That was the sing-song cry from the backseat when our kids were young and we were lost, trying to follow directions, turning, turning and ending up back where we started. Not long ago I was suffering through a difficult passage. Fears I thought I’d dealt with were […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Change, Choice, Discernment, Hope, Suffering, Transformation

My Spiritual Hot Spot

September 21, 2023 by David Anderson 15 Comments

My definition of a saint, a spiritual giant, is someone who makes other people holy, just by their presence. Someone who engenders peace in other people’s hearts, who calls forth beauty and goodness and faithfulness in other people’s lives. Nurturing your own holiness, your own peace, calling forth your own beauty and goodness and faithfulness […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Awe, Blessing, Community, Death/Dying, Faith/Trust, Grace, Letting Go, Surrender, Transformation

The Return of Innocence: A Week With Two Children

July 13, 2023 by David Anderson 4 Comments

Our grandchildren, ages eight and four, are with us for a week. All day every day. By about day four an adult reaches a saturation point and becomes, in some sense, a child too. After days and nights participating in play, story, physical and imaginative games, make-believe, general silliness, and the deep need for security […]

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Awareness, Awe, Change, Faith/Trust, Family, Grace, Happiness, Healing, Love, Now/ the Present, Reality--trusting it, Surrender, Transformation

Struck By Awe

May 25, 2023 by David Anderson 11 Comments

A few days ago I walked to the rim of the Grand Canyon and looked over the edge. I felt a twinge in my stomach and my mouth dropped slightly open. My first visit—I don’t know what I was expecting. I had seen countless pictures, but of course no flat image, measured in inches, could […]

Filed Under: Awareness, Awe, Beauty, Grace, Nature/Creation, Seeing, Surrender, Transformation

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