by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 25, 2016 | Politics, The World
Many of the issues that drove those who voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union are reflected in the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Freedom to have control of one’s own destiny rather than to suffer the tyranny of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 9, 2016 | Morality, Politics, Sexuality, The World, Witness
David Kinnaman & Gabe Lyons have authored GOOD FAITH: Being a Christian when society thinks you’re irrelevant and extreme, because they believe that American culture is becoming hostile to people of faith. There is a tendency for people to think that Christianity...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2016 | Politics, The World
In the light of the present political headlines I find the following words of Eugene Peterson a helpful corrective. “This world is no friend to grace…The world is protean: each generation has the world to deal with in a new form. World is an atmosphere, a mood. It is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 4, 2016 | Abortion, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
Sir Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, England, in the Cover Story of the Catholic Herald (April 22, 2016) entitled THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT: Europe’s political and religious leaders must...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2016 | Abortion, Islam, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
There is much in the news about the plight of refugees trying to enter Europe. The Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch are planning a visit to Lesbos to draw attention to the crisis. Articles in newspapers and on television feature aid workers and the stories of those who...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 12, 2016 | Politics, Suffering, The World
Our local newspaper ran an article on its editorial page highlighting a positive view of life in this century. It reported that this has been the most prosperous time in human history. Wars have been on a much smaller scale than last century. More people are richer,...
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