by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 30, 2017 | Aging, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Witness, Witnessing
Daniel Im in NO SILVER BULLETS: 5 Small Shifts That Will Transform Your Ministry quotes Charles Spurgeon saying, “Every Christian here is either a missionary or an impostor. Recollect that. You either try to spread abroad the kingdom of Christ, or else you do not love...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 22, 2017 | Inspiration, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Proclamation of Thanksgiving This is the proclamation which set the precedent for America’s national day of Thanksgiving. During his administration, President Lincoln issued many orders similar to this. For example, on November 28, 1861, he ordered government...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 10, 2017 | Bible, Church, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Witness, Worship
Recently I reread Dallas Willard’s THE SPIRIT OF THE DISCIPLINES which refers to the spiritual disciplines of the Christian Life: solitude, silence, fasting, frugality, chastity, secrecy, sacrifice, study, worship, celebration, service, prayer, fellowship, confession...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 31, 2017 | Atheism, Church, Faith, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World
Some years ago I became familiar with the 1980 Nobel prizewinning poet Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004). I began to collect his books of essays and poems. Recently I read his biography by Andrzej Franaszek edited and translated from the Polish by Aleksandra and Michael...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 9, 2017 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
This is the fourth in the series of summaries from SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith. This from the chapter: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO IS DYING? Where and when do we in the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 25, 2017 | Bible, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Reading
My Daily Devotions for the Hungry for April, May, June are available on Amazon as an e-book and a paperback. Get your copy for the next quarter. SOUL FOOD: Daily Devotions for the Hungry – Volume 2 Topics covered in Volume 2 include: The Resurrection and the...
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