by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 12, 2025 | God, Holy Spirit, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Worship
The Sunday after Pentecost is celebrated in the Christian Year as Trinity Sunday. It is usually the most challenging topic for preachers. The nature of God is beyond human imagining because of our finitude. Other religions find the doctrine of God as Holy Trinity as...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 4, 2025 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Witness, Worship
What changes a person with problems into a problem-solver? What changes a person who is a problem into becoming part of the solution? What changes a person who is seeking healing for himself into becoming a healer for others? What changes a person who is conflicted...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 28, 2025 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Forty days after the resurrection Jesus disappeared! St. Luke wrote that “while he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.” (Luke 24:51) He vanished from before their very eyes. “A cloud hid him from their sight.” (Acts 1:9) What happened to him...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 13, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Reading, Science, Sexuality, The World
John Swinton, Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care in the University of Aberdeen, in his book on Dementia writes, The problem of forgetfulness is not confined to the individual with dementia. The experience of dementia brings to the fore a broader amnesia...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 4, 2025 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
My good friend and highly esteemed pastor, Harald ‘Whitey’ Haugan has entered into glory after 93 years of a most productive and memorable life on earth. I have known Whitey since 1976 when I moved to Jacksonville, Florida. His wife, Mary, was the realtor...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 20, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Suffering, Witness, Worship
On September 7, 1952 my beloved grandmother died aged 59. It was totally unexpected. She had a heart attack and in those days there was little the local physician could do to deal with her blood clot. They gave her brandy to ease her discomfort. Having had two heart...
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