by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 9, 2022 | Aging, Atheism, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Worship
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” (2 Cor.4;17) I wonder if we really live in such a way that we take the thought of eternal happiness seriously into consideration! There is a busyness about the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 2, 2022 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
Sermon on Acts 2:14-41 preached at Church of Our Savior, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Sunday, October 2, 2022 We continue today a series on Acts and the mission of the church with the message of Peter explaining the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Christian...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 27, 2022 | Aging, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Witness, Worship
At this time of the year when St. Michael and All Angels Day falls I remember that day fifty-five years ago when on September 29, 1967 I was ordained to the Gospel ministry in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. The historic Christopher Wren cathedral was filled...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 14, 2022 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Witness, Worship
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) The National Days of Mourning in the United Kingdom for the death of Queen Elizabeth II as covered on television are a salutary reminder of the need for a solemn period of grieving on the death...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2022 | Aging, Atheism, Faith, God, Reading, Suffering, Witness
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17) IN RETROSPECT I am sitting tonight in the glow of the grate and am counting the years that have gone, And I’m thinking of how I...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 13, 2022 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Suffering
An item in the newspaper obituaries caught my eye: So and so “died unexpectedly at the age of 74.” I am aware of many friends who have recently died “unexpectedly” in their seventies and eighties. Yet I spoke to another friend yesterday who is going to be ninety-seven...
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