A teacher put Brother Lawrence's beautiful book, The Practice of the Presence of God, in my hands many years ago. I instantly fell in love with it, and have spent…
andrewarndtJanuary 30, 2020
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 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
There is a story told in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers. A group of old men came to see Abba Anthony, in the midst of whom was a man…
andrewarndtOctober 24, 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
I remember the day it really "clicked" for me. My Greek professor had just finished up his lesson for the day, and, as was his habit, to conclude our time…
andrewarndtJuly 18, 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
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
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