Having a dear friend survive the tsunami in Sri Lanka shook me up, to say the least. Followed by the earthquake in Pakistan and, of course, Hurricane Katrina, I became acutely aware of how culturally as Americans we rush to the scene of the story and, once the viewers start to lose interest, we abandon the victims who will be spending YEARS trying to piece their lives back together. Anchor is a reflection on what is going on in the human spirit after the cameras are gone, realizing the desperate need to know what anchors you. Is it family, your money, your identity in your work, or your spiritual grounding?

Nowhere left to go
My life’s been swept away
Don’t look at me like you know
What it is to face my day

With the ruins at my feet
You lecture me of hope
Your words are lost on me
Can’t you see, I’m just trying to cope?

This anger is burning a hole in my heart
But its true I am asking … could you throw out an

Anchor
Waters are rising and I’m losing ground.
Is there a reason
I’m worn out from calling, I don’t hear a sound.
Where is the Hero?
Give me no promise of justice and might;
I’m all out of courage.
What will sustain me somehow through this night?
I need an anchor.

I’ve heard your reasons why
What you know and you justify
Meanwhile I’m still standing here
Staring down my greatest fear

I can’t see my way clear through the haze of this hell
But I want to believe You are there,
tell me are You the

Anchor
Waters are rising and I’m losing ground.
Is there a reason
I’m worn out from calling, I don’t hear a sound.
Where is the Hero?
Give me no promise of justice and might;
I’m all out of courage.
What will sustain me somehow through this night?
I need an anchor.

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