by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 10, 2018 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
Every Lent I set myself the discipline of reading some meaty spiritual classic. This year I decided to read LOOKING FORWARD 2: Every Next Moment, The Meaning of the Cross, by a longtime friend, Harald K. Haugan, affectionately known as “Whitey”, by his shock of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 22, 2018 | Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
Henri Nouwen maintains that the third temptation of Jesus was the temptation of power. “The devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ‘All this I will give you, if you will bow down and worship me.”...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 20, 2018 | Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics
Henri Nouwen wrote a little book of reflections on Christian leadership entitled, IN THE NAME OF JESUS. In it he analyzed the three temptations of Jesus in the wilderness after he had been baptized by John the Baptist. The first temptation he characterized by the need...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 14, 2018 | Atheism, Church, Faith, Islam, Jesus, Morality, Movies, Politics, Suffering, Witness
I have just finished reading two Christian novels that I want to commend to your attention. THE BAGHDAD EUCHARIST by Sinan Antoon is about Christians in Iraq who are trying to survive in the midst of Islamic persecution. Antoon was born in 1967 in Baghdad. He received...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 28, 2018 | Morality, Politics, The World
Chris Gibson spent twenty-nine years in the U.S. Army, where he rose to the rank of colonel and commanded the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade. He served four combat tours in Iraq and was awarded four Bronze Star Medals and the Purple Heart. Raised in a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2018 | Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
Joseph Loughlin, a former assistant chief of police for the city of Portland, Maine, has written a compelling book on the misunderstandings, misconceptions, and myths about police shootings, entitled, SHOTS FIRED. I met Joe many years ago after an Easter sunrise...
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