by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 14, 2016 | Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (NIV) “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.” (The Message Matthew 5:4) How can mourning be blessed and what...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 6, 2016 | Church, Healing, Inspiration, Ministry
In 1988 I began a Covenant Group of fellow clergy that meets for three days every January. A member of that group, David Roseberry, pastor of Christ Church, Plano, Texas, has written a moving testimony of what that group has meant to him and all of us who have been...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 3, 2015 | Healing, Islam, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering
Heavenly Father, we grieve with those who have lost loved ones, and have been severely disabled by the tragic events of this past week. All of a sudden, politics and foreign conflict, the stock market and taxes are displaced by dangers closer to home. Our first...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 7, 2015 | Aging, Healing
A letter to the editor of our local daily newspaper begins with this question: “What if God, creator of the universe and each individual in it, loves us just the way we are?” Sounds reasonable doesn’t it? Sounds loving and accepting doesn’t it? But if that is so then...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 12, 2015 | Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Witness
While reading the autobiography of the famous missionary theologian Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1999) I came across a statement about healing which was prompted by a Nigerian doctor who suggested that the basic unit of healing is not the hospital, it is the Christian...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 7, 2015 | Healing, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Witnessing
This a Guest post from Geoff Chapman, an old friend of mine who is Pastor of St. Stephen’s Church in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. It is much longer than my normal posts but well worth sharing. Desire, Celibacy, Homosexuality: Hard Questions and Gospel Answers Geoff...
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