by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 18, 2015 | Atheism, Islam, Jesus, Suffering, The World, Witness
In the light of the Paris terrorists attacks I have used the following prayers. Almighty God, Lord of all peoples and nations on the earth, Whose power no one is able to resist, and who can turn evil to good. Save and deliver us, we humbly pray, from the hands of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 14, 2015 | Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
My wife and I went to see the movie SUFFRAGETTE. It is a powerful presentation of the movement to win voting rights for women in Great Britain at the beginning of the 20th century. Carey Mulligan plays the lead role of a working class mother who became involved in the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 11, 2015 | Aging, Ministry, Suffering
Atul Gawande, surgeon, author and public health researcher, in his recent book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, argues that the reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and deny...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 5, 2015 | Church, Jesus, Ministry
Last Saturday New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup by defeating Australia. This makes New Zealand the first country to win three times. The newspapers and commentators opined on why this small nation of 4.5 million in the South Pacific should be so successful at this...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 4, 2015 | Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Witness
There is a television commercial for a credit card that concludes with the question: “What’s in your wallet?” I fished out my wallet and looked inside. I found that I carried two prayers. One is from Ephesians 3:14-19 and the other is from a hymn, written by Ada...
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