by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 29, 2020 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Lord our God, our years come and go. We ourselves live and die. But you are and remain. Your rule and your faithfulness, your justice and your mercy, have no beginning and no end. You are thus the origin and aim of our lives. You are thus the judge of our thoughts,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 27, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Politics, Reading, Science, Suffering, Witness
Sam Sacks, who writes the fiction reviews in the weekend Wall Street Journal, put his finger on what is the most interesting subject that has impressed me this past year. He writes: “There is a hole in contemporary fiction that has been noticeable for some time but...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 25, 2020 | Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Prayer, Witness, Worship
DEAR JESUS, I want to emblazon your Name on the Greatest Cathedral today, to paint it in bold letters in Light. May it stand like Sentinel Angels around the precincts of each Christian heart tonight. A Wall of Fire against the dark night of men’s souls. May it burst...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 23, 2020 | Aging, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Politics, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
In many ways the pandemic has imprisoned many people I know who are confined to their homes and are fearful of venturing outside. The media, health experts, politicians and even church leaders have contributed to a culture that has encouraged fear of illness,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 20, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness
During Advent I have been writing about The Four Last Things: the traditional subjects of the four Sundays in Advent – Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. The fourth of the four last things is the theme of Hell. This is a subject rarely heard of today. Sermons tend to...
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