by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 6, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Witness
The Feast of the Epiphany, or Three Kings’ Day, is celebrated on January 6 each year. In the Latin and Eastern Orthodox Church it is the day when gifts are given and received. Matthew 2 records the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem. Because St. Luke does not mention the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 23, 2024 | Aging, Church, God, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, The World, Witness, Worship
John Stott As the year comes to a close it is interesting to discover who reads my posts. I do not know their names but I do know where they live. The largest group are in the USA. The second largest group of readers are in Ghana. Then comes Germany, the United...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 18, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Loving Father, now at the climax of this time of waiting I offer you all my longing and hoping. Let the mystery and holiness of your great gift to us, which we celebrate afresh, come upon me as strangely and gloriously as to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem....
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 20, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, The World, Witness
Thirty years ago I attended a Seminar led by Rick Warren of 30,000 member Saddleback Church, that included a section on preaching. In retirement I am listening to the preaching of others and find myself comparing them to what I learned from Rick Warren. He began by...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 19, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Politics, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness
In the winter term 1971 I participated in a mission to Durham University where I had studied from 1964-67. It consisted of lectures by the well-known evangelist David Watson who was pastor of a church in York and the author of eight popular books on the Christian...
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