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 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...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 19, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Witness, Worship
What is the relevance of the Holy Spirit to us today? Jesus said, “When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 15, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Sexuality, Witness, Worship
On the Feast of Pentecost (fifty days after the Passover), seven weeks after the resurrection of Jesus, the disciples were gathered in Jerusalem. They had been told by Jesus not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the gift his Father had promised, which they had heard...
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