Advent begins today. I cannot think of a year when I was more personally ready for it. This has been a year of delay, disruption, of dashed expectations… of waiting…
andrewarndtNovember 29, 2020
My family and I had a lovely Christmas Day yesterday. I trust yours did as well. After a busy and eventful Sunday and Monday, we enjoyed a leisurely morning unwrapping…
andrewarndtDecember 26, 2018
Now that the dust has settled on a weekend in which we witnessed a truly memorable royal wedding and, with it, a perhaps still more memorable wedding homily by one…
andrewarndtMay 21, 2018
I’ve been doing a bit of reading lately for a possible doctoral research project having to do with the faith and practice of the early church. As such, my Amazon…
andrewarndtMay 15, 2018
For all of the buildup to Easter in our churches, one of the curious things I have always noticed about the Gospels is how little they actually say about the…
andrewarndtApril 2, 2018
Ash Wednesday For the believer: Death has been transformed; from an enemy to a friend who helps us on the road to life Christ has conquered and converted our…
andrewarndtFebruary 14, 2018
What is the role of solitude and silence in our efforts to follow the living Christ who leads us by his Spirit into the future the Father dreams for us?…
andrewarndtJanuary 29, 2018
I remember the first time I heard it, what has become my favorite Christmas song. My dad, who has a background in music and theater, delivered it as a special…
andrewarndtDecember 13, 2017
I sat beside the bedside of an 84 year old woman who is maybe days, perhaps even hours, away from her death. Dorothy is her name. I didn't know her…
andrewarndtDecember 6, 2017
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