Eight years ago this Spring, Mandi and I left the friendly confines of Tulsa, Oklahoma and rolled in Chicago, Illinois so that I could attend seminary. We did not know…
andrewarndtMarch 28, 2011
I love Lent. That probably strikes some as a really weird and perhaps morbid thing to say... but its true. I love it. And here are a few reasons why:…
andrewarndtMarch 9, 2011
February marks the 3 year anniversary of Bloom's first official weekly public gathering - it's birth(day/month), in a sense. I like birthdays, so we decided to have a birthday celebration…
andrewarndtMarch 1, 2011
We continued our "Engagement with God" series this past weekend at Bloom (listen to the talk here if you missed it) by diving deeper into 2 Corinthians 3:18: And we,…
andrewarndtFebruary 22, 2011
We speak glibly of your glory, Lord God But we live as though we were the Center our minds pre-occupied with our own lives our hearts set on our…
andrewarndtFebruary 20, 2011
At Bloom this past weekend (click the link if you missed it), we laid out another indispensable foundation for spiritual formation, in addition to the three already laid last week…
andrewarndtFebruary 15, 2011
Well, we're now hurtling headlong into one of my favorite periods in the Christian calendar - the season of Lent. "Lent" is likely a scary or ambivalent for many people,…
andrewarndtFebruary 10, 2011
Making my way through the "histories" of the OT again. This morning - 1st Samuel. Samuel's name means something like "heard of God", sounding suspiciously similar to the Hebrew word…
andrewarndtJanuary 13, 2011
"In the beginning was the Word," the Gospel of John opens. "The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning." John opens…
andrewarndtJanuary 12, 2011
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