by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 4, 2016 | Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
“We take the cruelties of the world as a given, as the known and familiar data of experience, and instead of anguishing about why the world is as it is, we look for comfort in coping with it as it is. We don’t ask for a creator who can explain Himself. We ask for a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
In preparing for Christmas through the season of Advent I always like to find a new source of inspiration. This year I read Timothy Keller’s, Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ. Each chapter represents at least 10 or so meditations and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 26, 2016 | Ministry, Prayer, Worship
O LORD, my years grow long, my time short: Let me make haste with my repentance and bow head and heart: Let me not stay one day from amendment, lest I stay too long: Let me cease without delay to love my own mischief, and abandon without a backward look the unfruitful...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 17, 2016 | Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, The World
On the news the other night I heard a politician characterizing anyone who did not agree with her party’s position as being guilty of bigotry. She seemed so sanctimonious in her denunciation of her opponents that it troubled me. Then I came across this letter from...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 16, 2016 | Church, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Worship
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LORD’S SUPPER OR HOLY COMMUNION? Ted Schroder I grew up in a church tradition that celebrated Holy Communion every Sunday. I can remember rising early to attend the 8.00 a.m. service. When I was confirmed at age 13 and...
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