by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 28, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Faith, God, Morality, Movies, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
WE HAVE CEASED TO SEE THE PURPOSE, is the title of ten of the essential speeches of Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, edited by his son Ignat Solzhenitsyn which has just been published by the University of Notre Dame Press. His Nobel Lecture in 1972 focuses on the necessity of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 1, 2025 | Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, Worship
When I visit the beach there may be many or few people to be seen. But on every occasion there are birds running in and out of the waves, and skimming over the surface. Phillip Keller in Sea Edge claims that sea birds are an integral part of the seascape all year. It...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 27, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Worship
Often men and women suffer enormous anxieties and stress in mind and emotions because of the constant tensions of our modern society. Without realizing it their bodies, their nervous systems and their mental stability are strained to the breaking point. In the movie,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 18, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Suffering, Worship
I am aware of many friends and family members who are going through hard times. They are either in hospital, undergoing treatment, or struggling with various maladies of aging. Their bodies are not what they used to be and they suffer new ailments they never thought...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 4, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Suffering
O my Lord God, this is the awful burden I feel in ageing: that I am your useless servant. My body is lumpish and clumsy, its beauty gone: I am stiff on my thickened legs, and cannot speed about serving others and you. My thoughts seem not to come out clearly, and I...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 30, 2024 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Reading, Science
The other day I came upon the “age-old ego-stripping questions of place (Where am I?), origin (Where did I come from?), destiny (Where am I going?), identity (Who am I?), and purpose (Why am I?)”. These five questions cause us to reflect on the meaning of our lives in...
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