About Me
I am a Catholic who loves Jesus! I have the honor of being married to my wife, Brittany, and I have worked in full-time ministry as a lay member of the Church for over ten years.
In 2014, the tension between the message I was teaching, and my lifestyle became nearly unbearable. The Lord had worked many conversions in my life, but I was still a mess. I often felt like I needed to hear what I was teaching more than my audience. I decided to take a step back from public speaking and step down from other leadership roles to focus on becoming the person I felt God calling me to be. I realized that I needed to make significant changes to my lifestyle. By 2015 my weight had exploded to almost 375 pounds, I was overrun with stress, and I was hardly sleeping. I was spending most of my free time numbing myself. In January 2016, I started a journey to health.
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I still have a long way to go, but the Lord has worked amazingly in my life. I have lost almost half of my body weight. I sleep fifty percent more than I used to, and I am continually developing a healthier relationship to stress. The way health revolutionized my relationship with God surprised me! My physical health and spiritual growth were not as separate as I had assumed.
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Becoming Gift is my attempt to share my journey, the things I have discovered, and what I am still learning. I am passionate about exploring the art of being human, and I believe that applying the best insights of faith and reason takes us from surviving to thriving.
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Pope St. John Paul II often echoed the idea from the Second Vatican Council that we cannot fully find ourselves except through a sincere gift of self. I want to invite you to join me as I explore how to become a sincere gift.
Andrew Reinhart
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Quick Links
Physically Spiritual | Podcast
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Written March 2020
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