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
I have a very complex (and often stormy!) emotional life. Laughter, tears, and deep longing... all of that can happen in the first 15 minutes of my day. It can…
andrewarndtFebruary 5, 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
With some of the fasting I've done this Lent (and in the previous few months), one of the things I've noticed is that, as my appetites quiet, my heart becomes…
andrewarndtFebruary 20, 2013
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." - Psalm 51 A broken spirit. That moment when you finally come…
andrewarndtFebruary 15, 2013
I'm doing a bit of fasting during Lent, along with several other Bloomers. I am very much looking forward to what will occur in me (and us) through it. Now…
andrewarndtFebruary 14, 2013
Hurry is a great enemy of the spiritual life. I know that I am approaching spiritual death when there are no non-purposive, non goal-oriented activities in my day. When liesure…
andrewarndtFebruary 8, 2013
Ok, so this post is both a clarification on comments I've made elsewhere and a so-called "shameless plug" for a resource we just put out at Bloom. Two weekends ago…
andrewarndtDecember 4, 2012
Not long ago I was in the midst of a three day fast that culminated in a 24 hour solitude retreat at the Franciscan Retreat Center up near Colorado Springs.…
andrewarndtNovember 28, 2012
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