by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 26, 2015 | Faith, Suffering
What do you say to people who say that they have never experienced the presence of God or who don’t believe in God because of all the suffering in the world? People can either be distanced from God because of an experience of suffering or they can be drawn closer to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 22, 2015 | Faith, Jesus, The World, Witness
Samuel Zwemer (1867-1952) pioneered American missionary work to the Muslim world. I knew his daughter Bessie who married Claude Pickens and were retired in Annisquam, Massachusetts after being missionaries in China. I also knew J. Christy Wilson who came to teach...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 3, 2015 | Faith, Morality
Antoinette gave me a copy of HAVEL: A LIFE by Michael Zantovsky for Christmas. I read it during the holidays. Vaclev Havel was the Czech playwright who was one of the leaders of the Velvet Revolution that overthrew the Communist government, and went on to be the first...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 6, 2014 | Faith, Inspiration, Jesus
How can we go about being prepared for the future? Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” (Mark 13:31) What did he mean by that? St. Peter expanded on what Jesus is saying: “For you have been born again, not of perishable...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 7, 2014 | Atheism, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Witness
St. Paul is persuaded, convinced, sure, that nothing can separate us from God’s love in Christ (Romans 8:38,39). This kind of certainty does not come easily. When it seems to come easily it smacks of arrogance, of presumption. People can become too sure of themselves...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 2, 2014 | Faith, Witness
November 1st has always been celebrated as All Saints’ Day when Christians remember their communion with all the saints, the unity of God’s people in this world and the next. November 2nd is also celebrated as All Souls’ Day when Christians commemorate all the...
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