by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 2, 2020 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Witness
November 2nd is celebrated as All Souls’ Day when Christians commemorate all the Faithful Departed, holding their lives in our memory. In the Mexican culture it is known as the Day of the Dead, when families take the day off to picnic at the graves of their families...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels invented the immortal Stuldbrugs of the flying island of Laputa. Gulliver supposed they would be wise, serene and knowledgeable because of their great age, and instead found them the most miserable of creatures, excruciatingly...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 18, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Morality, Suffering, Witness
I have in my library a signed first edition of The Message of Galatians by John Stott, which he gave me for my birthday in 1970 (50 years ago). It contains twenty sermons he preached on Galatians in 1965-66. His book on preaching was published under the title Between...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 10, 2020 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2020 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Reading, Science, Suffering, The World
One of my most rewarding resources during this pandemic is HEALTHY FAITH AND THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, edited by Kristi Mair and Luke Cawley. It contains 29 chapters by Christian authors and specialists on different aspects of the present challenges. The contributors...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 30, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
The Course of Empire: Desolation, Thomas Cole (1801-1848). In 2012 I visited the Columbia, South Carolina Museum of Art to view 45 paintings of the Hudson River School of Painters on loan from the New York Historical Society. The magnificent landscapes of Thomas Cole,...
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