Whispers and Wonders with Garrett Andrew

In this episode, we explore how a public park, a simple shared space, can be a profound place of spiritual discovery. Join us as we reflect on the deeper purpose of nature, community, and finding peace in the middle of a busy city. This began as an essay on my Substack: The support of paid subscribers makes most of this possible. Thank you for those of you who support me. And if this spoke to you...

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In this episode of Whispers and Wonders , I respond to a viral post by a megachurch pastor making ten claims about Christianity and immigration. His arguments were filled with distorted Scripture, nationalist ideology, and what I can only describe as a weaponization of the Bible in service of empire. So I wrote a point-by-point rebuttal which can be found on my Substack, but now I share as a podca...

A few days ago, I wrote and recorded this Pentecost reflection while the first whispers of ICE raids and National Guard deployment were beginning to stir in Los Angeles. Now the streets are louder. More families have been taken. More protests have risen. And the silence from many churches has become deafening. In this episode, I return to a moment of baseball, of joy and song, to ask what Pentecos...

Preface (revisited) This series began with a simple truth I struggled to say: I am beloved . But before I could believe that, I had to acknowledge something else: I’m wired differently . This second part is about what happened next. About how grace didn’t come through a miracle at the altar, but a prescription pad. And how I learned that pills, too, can be prayers . This is about faith, healing, a...

O Rhythm behind all rhythms,you, who coax the earth into blooming againwithout ever forcing a single petal—you are the lull between what wasand what will be,and still i resist your tempo. this season the wind softened,the sun stopped arriving late,and the jasmine spilled its secretsto anyone who dared breathe in.and yet,i almost missed it—the season turning. it’s strange,how school ends just as su...

Grace in the Brain: Living Faithfully With Mental Health Preface to this Series It’s not easy being a person of faith in a world where so many others of faith keep telling you to just… have more of it. Some of us were taught to be afraid of science. Afraid of anything not found in the Bible. Others were told their anxiety, depression, or ADHD was just a lack of faith. That if we prayed harder, or...

In this episode of Whispers and Wonders , we remember a story the early Church didn’t want us to forget. A man who was healed before he was welcomed, seen before he was understood, and loved before he believed he could be. Acts 3:1–11 tells us about the first miracle after Pentecost, but it’s more than a miracle; it’s a resurrection at the gate called Beautiful. A man left outside was lifted up no...

In this deeply personal episode, we return to the night my childhood faith collapsed. At twelve years old, grieving the sudden loss of my grandmother, I stood under a dark sky and screamed at God, daring to ask for a sign. This isn’t a story of losing belief. It’s about what happens when grief dismantles what we thought was solid… and a shooting star in the silence becomes the beginning of a new k...

What happens when someone the Bible says doesn’t belong finds themselves at the center of the Gospel? In this episode, I reflect on the story of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8—a powerful, excluded figure who dares to ask, “What is to prevent me from being baptized?” This is a meditation on radical belonging, the Spirit that goes ahead of us, and the kind of faith that still makes room for those th...

In this episode, I share a prayer/poem called A Playful Presence , a reflection on the quiet, surprising ways God still giggles through our days, even when the news is bad and our heads are down. I talk about how I once dismissed poetry, and how a friend and a book by Ted Loder changed that for me—and changed the way I pray. These prayers aren’t meant to explain or instruct. They’re meant to help...

Prayer is more than words. It’s longing. It’s hope. It’s trust. Even when we don’t feel worthy, even when we aren’t sure who’s listening. This episode is a prayer, one I wrote in a season where I didn’t need advice or answers. I needed to remember what love could be. Not just soft love. But strong love. Real love. Love that forgives, waits, weeps, endures, surrenders… and still dares to rise again...

We remember the Road to Damascus for its light, the voice, the falling down. But what about the man who reached out his hand three days later? What about the one who dared to call Saul “brother”? This episode is a meditation on Ananias—the grace-filled disciple we too often forget, and the kind of saint we might still be called to become. Based on Acts 9:10–19. Read more reflections or subscribe a...

Today I Noticed A prayer-poem about sacred attention and believing there is enough. Some days, faith isn’t about understanding more. It’s about noticing what’s already here. This reflection began as a simple writing practice. It became a prayer. A poem. A reminder. Inspired by the words of Jesus, “There will be enough.”I wrote this to name what I often miss. You can find the full written version a...

In Acts 9, we meet a disciple named Dorcas—called Tabitha in her own tongue. She never says a word in Scripture, but her life spoke volumes. She becomes the first resurrection story in the Book of Acts, and it doesn’t happen in a temple or before a crowd, but in an upstairs room, surrounded by the ones she clothed. This reflection considers what her life means for us today—and what the Church has...

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