ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The Heart of a Friend podcast was born out of a desire to share some of the most important things learned from a lifetime of experience. It is hosted by Andy Wiegand. Andy retired in 2017 after 40 years of pastoral ministry. He and his wife now reside in Columbus, Ohio. They have raised six children and are now very happy to be grandparents.
Andy grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and received his education at Harvard University (B.A. ’73) and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div. ’78). In his retirement Andy devotes time to charitable work, visits with friends and family, exercises and continues to do a lot of reading and thinking about life.
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Average audio length:
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English
United States
64 episodes
since Sept. 15, 2020
episodic
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Highlights - I Was a Stranger…Ep. 63
In favor of: Fixing our current immigration system, securing our borders, and deporting undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of violent crimes. But the administration has an agenda that goes WAY beyond this. The end game is shutting down almost all i…
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Highlights: Evangelicals and Politics (Part 2) I Was Hungry and You…??? Episode 62
Our Government Is Consistently Bringing Harm to the Poor - Both Internationally and in Our Own Country.
Two Examples:
I. The Abrupt and Lethal Dismantling of USAID (Beginning in January 2025)
In 2024 the USAID bu…
Highlights: Evangelicals and Politics (Part 1) Episode 61
In many ways, the word (evangelical) is polarization personified. For some, it’s a rallying cry, a way to quickly situate themselves in social, political and theological space. For others, it’s an epithet. The marriage between the Republica…
Highlights
Six Things You Can Do That Will Last Forever (Episode 60)
Confirm the work of our hands…confirm the work of our hands…Give it your approval and make it last. (Psalm 90:17)
Decide to Follow Jesus What does it profit a person, if they gain the whole world but lose their soul…their etern…
Highlights - Do Miracles Still Happen?(Episode 59) Finding God in the Psalms - Psalm 90
What Is the purpose of miracles? Miracles provide us a glimpse of what it will be like when God’s kingdom comes to earth. They are the signal that the invasion of earth by heaven has begun! A new world order is…
Highlights: A Happiness Prayer Episode 58 (Ps. 90)
Is there any hope for happiness that lasts?
Level One: Happiness in the Present Tense
What are realistic expectations for the present life? A counter-intuitive answer: Happiness is not something we find by looking for it. It’s a by-product of oth…
HighlightsEpisode 57 | If You Were to Die Tonight...?
Relent, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. (Psalm 90:13)
Thankfully, we are meant to stand before God not on the basis of our merit but on the basis of his mercy?
If you were to die tonight, and God were to ask you,…
HighlightsA Moment that Changed Everything! (Episode 56)How to Cope with a Life That’s Too Short - Part 2Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Only when we take into account the full measure of our mortality do we have any chance of taking timely and appropriate action. D…
Highlights: How to Cope with a Life That’s Too Short
Psalm 90 (Part 1) : Finding God in the Psalms
Two responses to the brevity of life:
Resignation: Learn to accept the brutal reality of a life that’s too short. Admit defeat.
Resistance - Affirm that there IS something wrong with the way things ar…
Highlights: The Pathway to Paradise - Psalm 16
Finding God in the Psalms (Episode 54)
The most unhappy people in the world are not those who have nothing, but those who have everything and have learned that it doesn’t make any difference.
Paradise is an ever-receding horizon.
Paradise is not a place…
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