by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
I have always had a problem with calling worry a sin. It seems to me that it is natural and normal to want to take care of my basic needs – that it is common sense to take thought for the future. I was raised to be responsible, and to prepare for a rainy day. My...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 27, 2023 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Suffering
James Barrie first produced his wildly successful play, Peter Pan, in 1904. The movie, Finding Neverland, starring Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Julie Christie, explored the inspiration of the play in Barrie’s relationship to the Llewelyn-Davies...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 22, 2023 | Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
The Gospels tell us that Jesus came into a world of military dictatorship and genocide. The Word became flesh, God became man, when Caesar Augustus decreed that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world for purposes of military conscription and taxation....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 15, 2023 | Abortion, Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Prayer, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
“This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man…..” (Matthew 1:18,19) What...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 9, 2023 | Abortion, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Sexuality
Central to Advent and Christmas are the stories of two women: Mary and Elizabeth. Luke, the beloved physician, takes a professional and personal interest in their experience during pregnancy. Immediately after Mary learns from the angel Gabriel that she is to bear a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 26, 2023 | Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, The World, Witness
The four weeks before Christmas Day constitute the season of Advent, which marks the beginning of the Christian year. Advent means ‘arrival’. It refers to the coming of Christ: his first coming in humility at Bethlehem, and his second coming in glory at the end of...
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