by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 5, 2025 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Witness, Worship
In 1978 I became Rector (Pastor) of Grace Church, Orange Park, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville and moved there with my wife Antoinette and my two daughters, Carrie(4) and Amelia(1). The church members were local and Jacksonville professional and business leaders and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 12, 2025 | Islam, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, Uncategorized
The open borders of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the debate over our border with Mexico have fueled much political rhetoric about national security, identity, culture and jobs. As Christians we feel compassion for the have nots and for those seeking a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 4, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
When I was in my twenties and ministering to students in London and on the staff of All Souls Church, Langham Place, next to the headquarters of the BBC, I became aware of the concerns of young people as they struggled with their identities, their purpose, their...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 28, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
I have recently reread Fyodor Dostoevsky’s (1821-1881) masterpiece and longest novel The Brothers Karamazov, translated from the Russian by Michael R. Katz (2023). Sigmund Freud called it “the most magnificent novel ever written”. This is the third time I have read...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 26, 2025 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
REVELATION 14:1-5 John now offers a sevenfold description of the 144,000. “They did not defile themselves with women” (v.4) does not mean that the redeemed are men only. It needs to be read here in three contexts: 1. The use of sexual imagery as a metaphor for worship...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 24, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness, Worship
Two books I have read recently have helped me to discipline my mind so that it does not afflict me with negative and unwanted thinking. It is so easy to lay awake at night or to wake up in the morning and find your thoughts swimming in your head into uncharted waters....
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