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 6, 2022 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Witness
For the last twenty years Ed Weihenmayer wrote a Lenten Meditation for the Chapel. In them he shared his beliefs about life and faith. Let me share some of his convictions.In 2001 he wrote about being raised in a household in which he was taught to use all the talents...
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 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....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 21, 2022 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness
Rod Dreher has written a perceptive Manual for Christian Dissidents entitled, LIVE NOT BY LIES, which is taken from Solzhenitsyn’s message to the Russian people when he was exiled. It is just as relevant today as then. Dreher references The Triumph of the Therapeutic...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 18, 2022 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“Abraham did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God has power to do what he had promised” (Romans 4:20-21). How do we deal with the temptation to waver through...
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