by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 29, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Science
One of the most frequent questions I get from strangers is, “Where are you from?” My accent betrays my origins. If we want to get to know people we inquire about their origins, where they were raised. We carry our origins throughout our lives. They form us, they...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2019 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, Inspiration, Morality, Science
When I first held my youngest grand-daughter, Erika, in my arms and looked at her, I asked, “Who are you? Where have you come from? What will your life be like?” Her perfectly formed face, eyes, nose, ears, fingers and toes fascinated me, as did my two daughters’ when...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 15, 2019 | Faith, Healing, Jesus, Suffering
When Job’s three friends…heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 9, 2019 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering
Job was a man who was described as blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Yet a combination of natural disaster and human depravity devastated his life. The Sabeans attacked and carried off his livestock. Lightning burned up his sheep. Chaldeans...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 2, 2019 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering
Love always hopes (1 Corinthians 13:7) because love sees possibilities where none seems to exist. Love always hopes because love never despairs. Love is not dependent on the fulfillment of immediate expectations. Love takes the long term point of view. Love will not...
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