by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 15, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Science, Sexuality, The World
One of the most frequent questions I get from strangers is, “Where are you from?” My accent betrays my origins. If we want to get to know people we inquire about their origins, where they were raised. We carry our origins throughout our lives. They form us, they...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 1, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Worship
November 1 ALL SAINTS DAY Revelation 21:1-5 Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels invented the immortal Stuldbrugs of the flying island of Laputa. Gulliver supposed they would be wise, serene and knowledgeable because of their great age, and instead found them the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 30, 2024 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Worship
Leaving church the other day a lady asked me a question about nondenominational churches: what they believe, do their pastors have a theological education etc.? I first of all responded by distinguishing between nondenominational churches and interdenominational...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 19, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Politics, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness
In the winter term 1971 I participated in a mission to Durham University where I had studied from 1964-67. It consisted of lectures by the well-known evangelist David Watson who was pastor of a church in York and the author of eight popular books on the Christian...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 17, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Reading, Suffering, The World
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28 NIV) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God.” Or “works together with those who love him to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 11, 2024 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Worship
We visited the Columbia (SC) Museum of Art to view 45 paintings of the Hudson River School of Painters on loan from the New York Historical Society. Antoinette and I also viewed them at an exhibition in the National Gallery in London. The magnificent landscapes of...
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