I took care of the paperwork to make my move to North Carolina final. And I couldn't be happier. What's next?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/suzanneelizabeth-anderson/support

Sundays with Suzanne July 2, 2023

Jul 2nd, 2023 11m 21s

Are you are Martha or a Mary? Does that question make you bristle as much as it does me? Well, listen to this 10 minute inspirational message to find out how I finally put that sore point to an end!--- Support this podcast: https://podcaste

Sundays with Suzanne June 25, 2023

Jun 28th, 2023 9m 26s

I visit the Ashe County Farmers Market in West Jefferson, North Carolina and the most interesting discovery are the people on the other side of the table.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/suzanneelizabeth-and

Sundays with Suzanne - May 28, 2023

May 28th, 2023 7m 53s

Let the Spirit move you!My mother was raised in the Pentecostal church. She experienced the Holy Spirit as a physical manifestation, speaking in tongues. She often said that she wished that I could experience Holy Spirit as she had. I have no

Sundays with Suzanne April 23, 2023

Apr 23rd, 2023 12m 52s

Here's the latest audio version of my newsletter, plus a recipe and a what I'm reading now. I'm calling it Sundays with Suzanne.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/suzanneelizabeth-anderson/support

Can you find Christ?

Feb 27th, 2023 7m 21s

Kiki passed away on Thursday. After she had stopped eating earlier in the week, I took her to the vet to find the cause. The blood test came back normal, then the vet took Kiki back to the x-ray room. Within minutes, the vet called me back to j

What does retirement look like now?

Feb 6th, 2023 7m 49s

Have you thought about what you want to do with your retirement year? What will give them meaning? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/suzanneelizabeth-anderson/support

How to put your spiritual tools to work

Jan 28th, 2023 7m 55s

All the books in a library are merely fire kindling if we don’t read and learn from their content. The finest woodworking tools are decorative chunks of metal if we don’t put them to work.So it is with all the types of prayer and even our prec

This sentence will change your life

Jan 17th, 2023 4m 49s

What a difference this simple sentence has made. I not only say the greeting every morning when I sit down to pray, I also find myself saying the words at random moments through the day because they warm my heart. When I say them, I feel God cl

What will be your word of the year?

Jan 2nd, 2023 4m 10s

This year while I search for my home and a sense of physical security, I will focus on my spiritual security, and doing the things that I know will remind me of God’s ever present light, his love for me.What will your word of the year be in 20

How to find joy if you're feeling sadness this Christmas

Dec 19th, 2022 5m 11s

This season reminds us that Jesus, the Son of God, knows our broken hearts, has felt the warmth of our tears, the exhaustion in our bones, the hunger in our belly, the loneliness in crowded room. He healed broken bodies, and he will heal our br

Why waiting sounds so good this Advent

Dec 1st, 2022 6m 57s

I’ve never been good at waiting. When I was a child I would crawl beneath the Christmas tree branches and shake the presents to see if I could guess the contents, because I did not want to wait until Christmas day.--- Support this podcast:

How to Give Grace this Holiday Season

Nov 23rd, 2022 7m 29s

Thanksgiving is meant to be family gathering, especially when our families are far flung, and our meetings intermittent, or annual at best. But too often, what was meant to be a joyful, becomes a rehashing of old grievances, political, religiou

How to make friends

Nov 18th, 2022 8m 24s

Getting established and making new friends is something I am very familiar with. Why did I think it should be any different this time, is it because I am older?The irony of course, is that as we get older it is almost certain that we will have

All Souls Day

Nov 3rd, 2022 5m 41s

All Souls Day is a way to honor our loved ones and I know we are meant to remember that they are now in the joyful embrace of God and enjoying a heaven that is more beautiful than our limited imaginations can conceive.Death is a new beginning

What to do instead of leaving the Church or de-constructing your faith

Oct 24th, 2022 9m 28s

I do understand the frustration of unanswered prayers and unanswered questions of faith and church hierarchies that feel exclusionary to at least half the population.In the past when I read of yet another sexual abuse scandal by a pastor or a

It's OK to grieve

Sep 6th, 2022 6m 40s

Our grief may make us feel like turning inward — to replay our favorite moments with our beloved over and over again. But we must not allow ourselves to be completely cut off from the exterior world, because that is where our future lives. So,

What will your walk of faith look like?

Aug 31st, 2022 6m 24s

I strongly believe that my walk of faith should not be yours, nor yours mine. An authentic walk of faith is a private matter between you and God and one which you must choose to pursue or not to pursue, each day.--- Support this podcast: ht

New Horizons

Jul 21st, 2022 7m 29s

What should we do as we face a new chapter in life? For me it was turning 60 and losing my mother. This episode begins the quest of considering how I will live the final third of my life.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotif

Mind Your Own Business

Jan 21st, 2022 7m 31s

Like blinders on a horse, I seat myself at the front of the church so I can mind my own business.How often do I make erroneous assumptions about the prayers of those around me? I see someone who appears to be financially well off in the pew to

What does answered prayer look like?

Jan 12th, 2022 7m 37s

Very often, when I am sitting with an unanswered prayer, here’s what I want to say to God: “Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!” — Psalm 4:1I

Let’s replace New Year’s resolutions with this

Jan 5th, 2022 7m 38s

Ending our year and beginning a new one with a thoughtful reflection lets us see we are stronger than we believed and our lives are richer then we imagined. We discover grace surrounds us on more days than not.Instead of a list of resolutions,

How to Defeat the Lonely Moments during the Christmas Season

Dec 6th, 2021 7m 18s

An unexpected snowstorm. And in this hour before sunset, the sky has cleared enough for the lingering rays of the sun to cast a delicate wash of pink across the newly fallen snow.This beauty can make you feel cozy and secure or desolate and lo

Lessons of a life under construction

Nov 12th, 2021 5m 48s

It occurred to me that not only did the road engineers not need my help, but they could see the result of this construction project when I could not. I had not needed to be worried all those months.Simultaneously, it occurred to me that this w

What is the purpose of walking our faith?

Oct 18th, 2021 7m 25s

Over the course of this podcast, I have spent more time reading, thinking and writing about God than I have in the previous 54 years of my life. And what have I achieved? Do I feel enlightened? Have I attained a higher level of consciousness?A