by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 4, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
I am a person not an object. I am a unique person, made in the image of God, of value and significance. I am loved and capable of love. I was created for relationships to others and most importantly to God. I am a particular person with particular likes and dislikes,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
I have just completed reading BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, MARTYR, PROPHET, SPY by Eric Metaxas, an inspiring biography of the Christian theologian who worked against Hitler and the National Socialists. He was 39 years old when he was executed for opposition to the Nazis only...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 14, 2021 | Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, The World
Whenever I looked out of my bedroom window as a child I could see him. He was the silent sentinel, an ever-present reminder of the past. Exquisitely carved out of white marble, the Pioneer Memorial was a gold prospector, wearing a slouch hat, his left hand resting on...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 12, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
As I slept last night my mind was troubled about many things. Before I awoke I had a vivid dream that I was in a church, a strange church to me, one that I had never been in before. I was invited to preach. As I walked up to the pulpit I noticed that the church was...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 10, 2021 | Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
Fear of social and political turmoil. Fear of COVID-19. A lunch friend of mine has just succumbed to the virus. The availability of a vaccine causes long lines and competition to receive it. A change of administration and uncertainty of the future can trigger anxiety....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 5, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Witness
At one stage in her life, novelist Muriel Spark (1918-2006) wrote, “I resolved to write an autobiography which would help to explain, to myself and others: who am I?” She said it would give her a sense of enriched self-knowledge. Authors of autobiographies are...
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