by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 8, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering
As I look forward to celebrating my eighty-third birthday this week, I am struck with the meaning of my life at this stage. This morning I read Psalm 39:4 “Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days (NIV). “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2024 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Sexuality, The World, Witness
One of the biggest debates today is over values: which values we think most important. The debate is an international one. It is also extremely personal. What values we embrace influences our faith and our lifestyle. Books are being written and movies made to promote...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 2, 2024 | Bible, Church, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
A member of one of my former congregations was sharing with me her love of the worship of her Episcopal Church with several hundred while her son was now worshiping at a nondenominational megachurch with 8,000 members. It caused me to reflect on the reasons why...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 27, 2024 | Morality, Politics, Reading, The World
David Martin Jones taught Political Science at the University of Queensland and War Studies at King’s College, London. His last book, HISTORY’S FOOLS: The Pursuit of Idealism and the Revenge of Politics, is a survey of international and domestic events in the last...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 24, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Witness, Worship
When Isaiah had a vision of God, he saw “the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings…and they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole...
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