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...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 12, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, The World, Worship
The Ascension, Rembrandt One of the most memorable Ascension Day experiences in my life was at the funeral of a member of my congregation in San Antonio in May 1996. Betty Maddux was a generous philanthropist. She bailed the Symphony out on many occasions. At her...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 1, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, Witness
Almost every week there are reports of violent earthquakes somewhere in the world. People are killed and injured and many are made homeless. Have you ever experienced an earthquake? I have. I grew up on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Fault lines...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 8, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, Worship
C.S. Lewis entitled his autobiography up to his conversion to Christ, Surprised by Joy. He describes joy as that “of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. I call it Joy, which is here a technical term and must be sharply...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 2, 2024 | Abortion, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering
One of the most read books in my library is When I Relax I Feel Guilty, by Tim Hansel. Having been taught that work is the highest virtue, and having been given a job to do every time my parents saw me sitting down, I used to find myself feeling guilty when I had...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Science, Suffering
Robert De Niro played a gangster in the movie Analyze This, who started suffering from anxiety attacks. He gets dizzy, short of breath, hyperventilates and thinks he is having a heart attack. It is hard for him to accept the diagnosis that he, a macho mafia-type,...
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