by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2022 | Aging, Atheism, Faith, God, Reading, Suffering, Witness
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17) IN RETROSPECT I am sitting tonight in the glow of the grate and am counting the years that have gone, And I’m thinking of how I...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 19, 2022 | Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
Senator Tim Scott has written a memoir and a love letter to America: A Redemption Story, subtitled, Choosing Hope, Creating Unity. He writes, “I challenge you to become love in the face of hate. Choose optimism in the face of cynicism. Identify with grace rather than...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 13, 2022 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Suffering
An item in the newspaper obituaries caught my eye: So and so “died unexpectedly at the age of 74.” I am aware of many friends who have recently died “unexpectedly” in their seventies and eighties. Yet I spoke to another friend yesterday who is going to be ninety-seven...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 16, 2022 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
All Saints Church, Hokitika, where I was baptized. I retired from my working career at age seventy-seven. I have not retired from my spiritual vocation. My spiritual vocation is life-long. What is it? In the words of my baptism in the Book of Common Prayer: “I shall...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 14, 2022 | Aging, Faith, God, Movies, Suffering
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 8, 2022 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
When so many bad things are happening in the world, and we never seem to learn the lessons of history, I find the book of Job to be filled with so much wisdom. It should be required reading for all politicians and statesmen to foster humility and to counter hubris....
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