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 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 | Dec 6, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Witness
In Leo Tolstoy’s short story, The Death of Ivan Ilych, a successful judge lived a totally conventional life, which he only began to question as he was dying. In the final weeks when he is in great pain and the doctors have admitted their inability to help him, he is...
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...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 27, 2024 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Prayer, Reading, Science, The World, Worship
The first book of the Bible Genesis begins with these words: “In the beginning God…” Do you believe in God? Why? Or why not? Most people do believe in God. Or, at least, in one form or another. Atheists are in a minority in the world today and throughout history....
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