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 have a reputation for reading a lot. Always have. The funny thing is, I never feel like I read a lot, or enough. And that's probably where all the…
andrewarndtDecember 8, 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
Last fall was one of the strangest periods of my life. About halfway through a three month sabbatical our church in Denver (Bloom) had provided us over the summer, we…
andrewarndtSeptember 8, 2017
Anyone who knows me well knows that I am an emotionally complex guy. (My wife will be the first to testify.) I can vacillate wildly between hope and despair, joy…
andrewarndtJuly 12, 2017
I sat by the bedside of a dear friend of mine last night. Barely 24 hours removed from a multiple-bypass open heart surgery, he was in excruciating pain. We had…
andrewarndtJune 28, 2017
Hi everyone-- Not being on social media this year, I have no idea who (if anyone) will read this. I think I have subscribers, however... so maybe it'll be you…
andrewarndtFebruary 29, 2016
Hi friends-- I'm sitting in the study in my parents' house on a gorgeous Wisconsin December afternoon (rare but real). The snow is glistening, the sun is shining, the house…
andrewarndtDecember 31, 2015
I turned 34 yesterday. Weird. There was a time in my life, not long ago perhaps, when 34 seemed old. A very long time away. I'm not altogether sure what…
andrewarndtJuly 27, 2015
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