by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 6, 2025 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Sohrab Ahmari has had a fascinating life. Born and raised in Iran, where his parents were part of the secular professional class, he rejected the Islamic faith of the mullahs with its censorious condemnation of daily life. He found its teaching and practice full of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 26, 2025 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World
Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) wrote a dystopian novel, LORD OF THE WORLD, in 1907. It has become well-known in our day through being rediscovered and commended by Popes Francis and Leo. Despite it being written more than a century ago it imagines a world of rapid...
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...
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