Scott D. Anderson

Scott D. Anderson is the executive director of the Wis­consin Council of Churches and a former Presbyterian minister.

Articles by Scott D. Anderson

Blogging Toward Sunday

Coming in weakness

1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Jan 31, 2011 by Scott D. Anderson

For the past 20 years I have toiled in the vineyards of two state legislatures: in California for 12 years and now in Wisconsin for the past eight, along with occasional forays to the U.S. Congress. In these arenas I have represented the interests of state councils of churches, which are really the interests of those who don't have the time, money or wherewithal to advocate for themselves: children, impoverished families, working-class parents with low-paying jobs.

Living by the Word

Sunday, February 6, 2011

1 Corinthians 2:1–16

Jan 25, 2011 by Scott D. Anderson

Recently representatives of Wis­consin Governor-elect Scott Walker asked me to assist with the Governor's Inaugural Prayer Breakfast in Madison. Walker, a young, dynamic conservative Republican and Christian evangelical who is the son of a Baptist minister, was swept into office last November in the anti-incumbent tidal wave that hit most of the nation.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Walking humbly

Micah 6:8

Jan 24, 2011 by Scott D. Anderson

Just as loving mercy is a means to doing justice, so is walking humbly with God. Yet in the sexuality debates raging in the mainline church, humility is seldom easy to find. Both sides cling to the fiction that they harbor gospel truth.

Living by the Word

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Micah 6:1–8

Jan 18, 2011 by Scott D. Anderson

The opening words on the telephone call were familiar: "You don't know me but I know about you. . . ." Since leaving the Presbyterian ministry 20 years ago I've had a number of such calls.