Up late tonight, thinking about the craft of preaching... obsessing a bit over the, well, "craft" is the best word for it. Dang I love preaching. And it is indeed…
andrewarndtApril 20, 2011
Top Reads of 2022
Well, here we are approaching the end of another year. And that means, among other things, the annual recap of…
Read More
Meditating on Psalm 81 this morning... some highlights: "Sing for joy to God our strength" (v1) "I removed the burden from their shoulders" (v6) "In your distress you called and…
andrewarndtApril 18, 2011
One of things that causes me a bit of angst as a pastor is how infrequently we get to gather together as a community (once a week), and how infrequently…
andrewarndtApril 4, 2011
"Let the little children come unto me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." (Mt 19:14) When I was 16 and a…
andrewarndtMarch 29, 2011
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
Lately, as I begin my morning devotions, I quote this Psalm (Psalm 1), surely one of my "top 10s": Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel…
andrewarndtMarch 12, 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
Recent Comments