One of the saddest things I routinely encounter as a pastor is the reality that most people’s prayer lives hover somewhere between barely-hanging-on and utterly non-existent. That is sad because…
andrewarndtJune 16, 2017
“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures…” So said the Apostle Paul in…
andrewarndtApril 12, 2017
She came up to me after a service one Sunday night. Tears in her eyes, trembling, she was still holding the sacrament in her fingers--a bit of bread, soggy and…
andrewarndtMarch 1, 2017
I grew up in an almost totally non-liturgical family and church tradition. “Non-denominational charismatic” is how I’ve often described by background to people who ask. My parents and most of…
andrewarndtApril 22, 2015
Hey Bloom family (and anyone else listening in) - If the snowstorm hadn't knocked out our gathering on Sunday night, we would have met together as usual and I would…
andrewarndtFebruary 24, 2015
Hey friends - I'm super excited to let you know about a project I've been working on for Lent this year. I've been talking for years about doing more substantive writing,…
andrewarndtFebruary 12, 2015
Good morning Bloom - Following Sunday's gathering, in which I preached out of Mark 1 ("a new teaching--and with authority") and talked about how the kingdom of God is not a…
andrewarndtFebruary 3, 2015
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." (Mk 2:17) It has been commonplace…
andrewarndtJanuary 13, 2015
Sometimes, it all comes crashing down. When it does, we can perhaps take solace knowing that it's happened before, to people in our family better than us (and worse), with…
andrewarndtJanuary 8, 2015
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