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...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 10, 2022 | Aging, Church, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, The World, Witness, Worship
One of the temptations of old age is to think of yourself as having no value. People don’t know who you are or what you have done with your life. You do not feel productive and valuable as you used to be. You are not sought out or asked to contribute as you were in...
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