School has started! The Anderson family is officially done with elementary school, and as I write these words we have four junior highers and one high schooler. As Nancy and I drop them off at school, it’s hard not to feel anxious about the world our precious children enter into. Almost every week, there seems to be another tragedy and…
Dear Church of the Open Door Family, What happens when we trust in the Lord with all our hearts, and do not lean on our own understanding? We’ve caught a glimpse of what happens these past few months . . . Tecate. In July almost 40 kids and leaders went to Tecate, Mexico to proclaim the love of Jesus to children…
Dear Church of the Open Door Family, Sometimes as I sit with my family at the dinner table and look at all their precious faces, I’m filled with anxiety. I wonder if Nancy and I are doing our part to tether our kids to the loving truth of God’s Word. Will my kids be happy? Happy is the man who…
On this day we celebrate the amazing privilege of living in a country that values the freedom and rights of its citizens. I can’t help but think also of what Jesus says in John 8:36: So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. We were captives who Jesus set free, and it isn’t a symbolic emancipation –…
As Father’s Day approaches, Nancy Anderson shares a couple thoughts about the fathers in her life and some encouragement for men in this important role. Nancy is the wife of David Anderson (our Lead Pastor), mother of five, and elementary school teacher here in the San Gabriel Valley. What is the best gift that you received from your father? “He…
Dear Church of the Open Door family, I just have to confess some jealousy I experience when I find out that my children are going to my wife and not to me on certain issues of life. Why aren’t they asking me first? Why aren’t they sharing that struggle or sorrow with me? What does she have that I don’t?…
