(I’m the guy on the right)
Ifeel like I live on the razor’s edge, one foot in this world and one foot in the next. Many people think about the end of their lives only when they have to – at funerals or when there is a catastrophe in the news. I think about death every day. I can’t help it.
I work with people in the hospital who are sick and dying, some terrified, some at peace, and the rest somewhere in between. In 2012, I was one of those people, diagnosed with a deadly cancer and told I had six months to live unless the chemotherapy worked.
Life is short. I don’t want it to end, and neither do you. Not only that, but we want life to be rich with good relationships and peace.
I have been a pastor a long time, working with teenagers, children and adults, in churches, on the radio, and in the hospital. I have heard thousands of stories of the pain people live with and die with.
God is with us in our pain. And in the midst of it all, the story he gives us through the pages of the Bible brims with the promise of abundant life that starts now and stretches into eternity.
This is the story I bank my life on. This is also the story that is often ignored or misunderstood, leaving us with a twisted picture of God and a skewed understanding of what it means to really live.
I am all about working to change this. I want to promote honest and transparent conversation so people feel free to ask the questions that keep faith tied down. I want to tell good stories that tell the greatest story of the Gospel in ways both kids and adults understand, painting a clear picture of God that sets the soul free.
Doesn’t mean life will be easy, but that God will be with us through thick and thin, able to take even the shattered pieces and bring about something good.
Authentic faith. Full life. Hope for the future.
I’m glad you’re here. I hope what I have created will help you and the people you love on your spiritual journeys.
Peace,
Nathan J. Anderson
I feel like I live on the razor’s edge, one foot in this world and one foot in the next. Many people think about death only when they have to – at funerals or when there is a catastrophe in the news. I think about death every day because I have to.
I work with people in the hospital who are sick and dying, some terrified, some at peace, and the rest somewhere between the two. In 2012, I was one of those people, diagnosed with a deadly cancer and told I had six months to live unless the chemotherapy worked.
Life is a gift, often treasured most when it is slipping through one’s fingers. Those are also the moments when the rubber hits the road on what one honestly believes is truth.
I have been a pastor a long time, working with teenagers, children and adults, in churches, on the radio, and in the hospital. I have heard thousands of stories of the pain young and old live with and die with. The story God gives us through the pages of the Bible brims with the promise of renewed life now and eternal life in the future in paradise.
This is the story I bank my life on. This is also the story that is often ignored or misunderstood, leaving people with a twisted picture of God and a skewed understanding of humanity.
There is a passage in 1 Chronicles 12:32 that inspires me – “the men of Issachar who knew the times and knew what to do.” I know the times in which we live, and know what to do. We need good stories that tell the story of the Gospel in ways both kids and adults understand, painting a clear picture of God that sets the soul free.
We also need honest and transparent dialogue so people feel free to ask the questions that keep faith tied down. The goal is to have an authentic faith in God, and then to pass that faith on to the next generation.
I’m glad you’re here. I hope what I have created will help you and the people you love on your spiritual journeys.
Peace,
Nathan J. Anderson
