Heart of a Friend
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.
Episodes
51 episodes
Ep. 50 | Is Reading the Bible the Fastest Way to Lose Your Faith? A review: How NOT to Read the Bible.
Highlights: How NOT to Read the Bible (Episode 50) The road to atheism is littered with Bibles that have been read cover to cover. To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads it. Th...
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Ep. 49 | What’s On My Bookshelf? | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 3
What’s On My Bookshelf? A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 3 - Highlights Coronaviruses and influenza viruses are the ones that we are currently worrie...
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Ep. 48 | What’s On My Bookshelf? | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 2
What’s On My Bookshelf? A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 2 Highlights We still have much to learn from the experience of th...
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Ep. 47 | What’s On My Bookshelf? | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 1
What’s On My Bookshelf?Part 1 | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle HarperThe Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse Highlights Up to around 1700 life on earth was short and full of sorrow. Life expectancy was be...
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Ep. 46 | What’s On My Bookshelf | Part 1 | Eight Ways to Make This Your Best Year Ever
What’s On My Bookshelf | Eight Ways to Make This Your Best Year Ever 4000 Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans yet prac...
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Ep 45 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 8 | Six Reasons We Don’t Listen and What to Do About It
Highlights Ears: The Soft Power of Listening - Part 8 (Episode 45) Six Reasons We Don’t Listen and What to Do About It Six reasons most of us don’t listen well: 1. We’ve never been taught how.&n...
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Ep 44 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 7 | Miracle Grow for Relationships
HighlightsEars: The Soft Power of Listening - Part 7 (Episode 44) Miracle Grow for Relationships Marriage The decision to get married is weighted heavily toward what we see...is this perso...
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Ep. 43 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 6 | Persuasion Starts Here
HIghlights - Ears (Part 6, Episode 43) Persuasion Starts HerePeople don’t care what we know until they know that we care.”To listen well is the first step in caring. Persuasion begins with listening well.
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Ep. 42 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 5 | Help! I’m Hurting!
Ears: The Soft Power of Listening - Part 5 (Episode 42) Help! I’m Hurting! Highlights Be kind to everyone you meet because everyone you meet is fighting a battle. When it comes to helping the hurting...t...
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Ep. 41 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 4 | Seven Habits of Highly Effective Listeners (4-7)
Ears: The Soft Power of Listening - Part 4 (Episode 41) Seven Habits of Highly Effective Listeners (Continued) HIghlights Listening well means to pay careful attention to what’s being said in a way that encourages people to c...
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Ep. 40 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 3 | Seven Habits of Highly Effective Listeners (1-3)
Highlights: Ears | Seven Habits of Highly Effective Listeners (1-3) A checklist for listening well First, keep the focus on the other person A support response does this by asking questions and ...
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Ep. 39 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 2 | The Secret Sauce of Great Conversations
Highlights: Ep. 39 | Ears | Part 2 | The Soft Power of Listening - The Secret Sauce of Great ConversationsCuriosity...it’s the single most important...
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Ep.38 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 1 | Five Reasons This May Be Our Most Important Life Skill
Highlights: Ep.38 | Ears | Part 1 | Five Reasons This May Be Our Most Important Life SkillDefinition: Listening well is more than just hearing with our ears. It’s hearing with our hearts.One: Listening well creates a unique and ...
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Ep. 37 | Mere Christianity | Part 16 | The Road Less Traveled
Highlights - Ep. 37 | Mere Christianity | Part 16 | The Road Less TraveledI didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certa...
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Ep. 36 | Mere Christianity | Part 15 | Next Steps Toward a Greater Destiny
Highlights: Ep. 37 | Mere Christianity | Part 16 | The Road Less TraveledThe secret to the abundant life is not our responsibility but our response to God’s ability. (E.Stanley Jones)First: The Imitation of Christ
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Ep. 35 | Mere Christianity | Part 14 | Your First Step Toward a Greater Destiny
“Everything which really needs to be done in our souls can be done only by God.” “If Christianity only means one more bit of good advice, then Christianity is of no importance. There has been no lack of good advice for the ...
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Ep. 34 | Mere Christianity | Part 13 | More Than What We've Become
Highlights: Ep. 34 | Mere Christianity | Part 13 | More Than What We've BecomeWhen we draw our circle bigger we’re enriched. When we don’t we’re impoverished and diminished. Streams of Living Water, (Richa...
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Ep. 33 | Mere Christianity | Part 12 | Failure - A Defining Moment
Highlights: Ep. 33 | Mere Christianity | Part 12 | Failure - A Defining Moment “The main thing we learn from a serious attempt to practice the Christian virtues is that we fail… God has been waiting for the moment at which yo...
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Ep. 32 | Mere Christianity | Part 11 | To Go The Distance
Ep. 32 | Mere Christianity | Part 11 | To Go The Distance Highlights Faith as Lewis uses it here means “spiritual tenacity.”“Faith is…a necessary virtue. Unless you teach your moods “where they get off,” you can...
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Ep. 31 | Mere Christianity | Part 10 | The Gift of Tomorrow
Highlights: Ep. 31 | Mere Christianity | Part 10 | The Gift of TomorrowWhat happens when we die? Only a fool ignores this question. “Think of yourself just as a seed patiently waiting in the earth; waiting to come up ...
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Ep. 30 | Mere Christianity | Part 9 | Just Do It
Highlights: Ep. 30 | Mere Christianity | Part 9 | Just Do ItLove is the litmus test for authentic Christian living. It’s the one signature quality above all others that defines us as Christ-followers. “Love in the Chr...
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Ep. 29 | Mere Christianity | Part 8 | The Greatest Sin
Highlights - The Great Sin According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil bec...
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Ep. 28 | Mere Christianity | Part 7 | A Terrible Duty
Highlights: A Terrible Duty - Episode 28I said in a previous chapter that chastity was the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. But I am not sure I was right. I believe the one I have to talk of today is even more unpopul...
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Ep. 27 | Mere Christianity | Part 6 | How to Make Marriage Work
Highlights: How to Make Marriage Work: Two important keys to making marriage work. First - The determination that marriage is for life. “Christianity teaches that marriage is for life…a man and wife are to be regarded ...
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