Andrew Arndt

Andrew Arndt is the lead pastor of New Life East, one of seven congregations of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Prior to joining New Life’s team, he served as lead pastor of Bloom Church: a neo-monastic, charismatic, liturgical, justice-driven network of house churches in Denver. He is the host of the Essential Church podcast, a weekly conversation designed to strengthen the thinking of church and ministry leaders. Andrew received his MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is a Leading Voice for Missio Alliance. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Mandi, & their four kids. Andrew’s latest book, Streams in the Wasteland: Finding Spiritual Renewal with the Desert Fathers and Mothers, released in September 2022. His first book, All Flame, released in 2020.

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Andrew Arndt

Advent: Watching and Waiting for God

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Andrew Arndt

What Shall We Do With Our Anger?

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MaryKate Morse

Rachel Weeping for Her Children

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Mayra Ramos

Blue Christmas: Is it Really the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

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Eun Strawser

Advent: Expressible Joy

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Derek Vreeland

Advent: The Poet of Peace

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Ted Kim

Advent: Hope is a Mountain

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Andrew Arndt

Advent: Watching and Waiting For God

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Dennis R. Edwards

Advent: The Nexus of Humility, Justice, and Joy

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Missio Alliance

Jer Swigart

Jon Huckins

Rich Villodas

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

Holding Vigil: Beneath a Binary Perspective on the Israeli War in Gaza

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Origin Stories Matter: On Juneteenth

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Josh Funk

The Unremarkable Growth of Peace in God’s Kingdom

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Chris Morton

An Advent Invitation: Beyond Sentimental Praise

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Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

An Advent Invitation: Come, Desire of Nations, Come

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Helen Lee

An Advent Invitation: Leaning into Words of Prophecy

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Donna Barber

The Blessing of Sufficiency Through Self-Denial

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David Fitch

How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 2)

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David Fitch

How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 1)

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Derek Vreeland

Four Ways to Practice the Peace of Christ at Christmas

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Steve Cuss

How Anxiety So Easily Entangles Us

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Derek Vreeland

Church, Today We Need Dr. King’s Vision of Justice

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Lesa Engelthaler

This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

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Keri Hui

Why Attentive Listening is Essential for the Witness of the Church Today

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Kris Beckert

How to Stand Where Jesus Stands – the Messy Middle

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Andrew Arndt

The Church in a Violent World

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Derek Vreeland

Don’t Let Hate Mock the Song

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MaryKate Morse

Gun Control Debates: Our Social Madness and a Spiritual Response

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Kyle Johnson

Is Non-Violence a Historic Christian Value?

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Derek Vreeland

Leave it to the Wrath of God: An Eschatological Response to Terrorism

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Seth Richardson

How Jerry Falwell Jr. Helps Me Repent

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JR Rozko

The Peace of Jesus: Symbol or Salvation

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Dennis R. Edwards

Militant Peace: An Advent Appeal

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Eric Paul

Blessed are the Peacemakers – In Paris and Your Neighborhood

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Tim Meier

A Call to #PrayforParis as Disciples

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Fred Liggin

Jesus Is My King Not My Concierge

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Matt Tebbe

Am I Really Non-Violent?

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Tara Beth Leach

Hellfire In Heels or Daughters of the Resurrection?

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Nijay Gupta

Reflecting With Bonhoeffer: Learning to Be #TrulyHuman from the Son of God

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Jon Huckins

Left Behind, Failed Peace, and the Human Implications of (Bad) Theology

Seth Richardson

The Peace of Christ & Linguistic Violence

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Brian Dolleman

Escalation