by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 21, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, The World
“Love is not proud or arrogant” (1 Corinthians 13:4) We had hired a general contractor to renovate our house and were assigned a project manager. Our architect had produced a helpful set of plans and we were excited about the prospect of getting the job done. However,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 3, 2026 | Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, The World
Signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. (John Trumbull) Freedom, independence and liberty refer to an absence of undue restrictions and an opportunity to exercise one’s rights and powers. Freedom emphasizes opportunity. Independence implies the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 1, 2026 | Abortion, Aging, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:3) God’s love is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 28, 2026 | Faith, Jesus, Morality
Inscribed above the players’ entrance to the Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club known as Wimbledon are the third and fourth lines of the second stanza of Rudyard Kipling’s poem IF. The poem also hangs on the wall beside my chair!...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 26, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Whatever your opinion of JD Vance, his spiritual memoir COMMUNION, Finding my Way Back to Faith, is to my mind, an honest and humble description of his personal journey. I read several reviews of the book before I decided to read it. They were universally critical and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 25, 2026 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but I have not love, I am nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:2) Prophecy is one of the highest spiritual gifts. St. Paul says that we are to...
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