by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 11, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, Witness
Today I turn eighty! How to make sense of attaining, what I have thought of as old age? I have outlived my father’s age and many of my friends. What will life be like in my eighties? My body has survived knee surgeries, a heart attack and arthritis. Thankfully my mind...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 20, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
If Christ came that we might have life in all its fullness (John 10:10), and our faith in him can make us whole (Mark 5:34; Luke 17:19), how is it that we experience sadness, emotional pain, frustration and unhappiness? Why is it that we have divisions between one...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 6, 2021 | Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
I find that I have been getting angry recently. I have been getting irritated and frustrated by many things: by current events, by the news, by some relationships, by social distancing, by masking, by physical limitations, by constant complaints and counsels of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 4, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
I am a person not an object. I am a unique person, made in the image of God, of value and significance. I am loved and capable of love. I was created for relationships to others and most importantly to God. I am a particular person with particular likes and dislikes,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 2, 2021 | Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
“Love is not rude” (1 Corinthians 13:5). What constitutes rudeness? “I cannot believe how condescending and sarcastic he is!” We had traveled a long way to stay with friends we had not seen in a long time. From the moment we arrived one of the hosts dominated the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 17, 2020 | Abortion, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Sexuality, Witness, Worship
The fourth Sunday in Advent reminds us of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and we light the pink candle in her honor. Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, in his book, Hidden Christmas, The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ,...
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