by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 11, 2024 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Worship
We visited the Columbia (SC) Museum of Art to view 45 paintings of the Hudson River School of Painters on loan from the New York Historical Society. Antoinette and I also viewed them at an exhibition in the National Gallery in London. The magnificent landscapes of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 5, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Suffering
Psalm 16 is the third psalm used by Handel in Messiah. It is also used in the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles by St. Peter (Acts 2) and St. Paul (Acts 13) to present the Gospel to their contemporaries. Why did they use this psalm? Jesus himself used...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 13, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Worship
The Bible tells us that God goes before everything else. God is prior to all things. God is to be pre-eminent in all things. All life follows God. God is the leader, we are the followers. That is the order of creation and salvation. To attempt to reverse that order is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Science, Suffering
Robert De Niro played a gangster in the movie Analyze This, who started suffering from anxiety attacks. He gets dizzy, short of breath, hyperventilates and thinks he is having a heart attack. It is hard for him to accept the diagnosis that he, a macho mafia-type,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 27, 2023 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Suffering
James Barrie first produced his wildly successful play, Peter Pan, in 1904. The movie, Finding Neverland, starring Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Julie Christie, explored the inspiration of the play in Barrie’s relationship to the Llewelyn-Davies...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 12, 2023 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Movies, Politics, Science
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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