by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 24, 2021 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
The news presenter asks the physician, “What can we do this Christmas to make us safe?” The physician responds with the usual mitigating advice. The Christmas angel’s message is, “Fear not, for behold I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 25, 2021 | Faith, God, Healing, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, Suffering
Ross Douthat has been opinion columnist for The New York Times since 2009. He is also film critic for National Review. I have read his columns and books over the years and found him insightful and stimulating. He became a Roman Catholic from a Pentecostal background....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 22, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering
Zack Eswine has given us a very helpful resource for those who suffer from sadness, depression, discouragement, disappointment, or bereavement (which is everyone at some time or another), in his short book,SPURGEON’S SORROWS. He uses quotations from the celebrated...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2021 | Church, Faith, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24,25, The Message) One of the casualties of the pandemic has...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 11, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, Witness
Today I turn eighty! How to make sense of attaining, what I have thought of as old age? I have outlived my father’s age and many of my friends. What will life be like in my eighties? My body has survived knee surgeries, a heart attack and arthritis. Thankfully my mind...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 20, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
If Christ came that we might have life in all its fullness (John 10:10), and our faith in him can make us whole (Mark 5:34; Luke 17:19), how is it that we experience sadness, emotional pain, frustration and unhappiness? Why is it that we have divisions between one...
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