by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World
“A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart. Sorrow is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 17, 2026 | Faith, God, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
The season of Lent is meant to include self-examination. I have found the Southwell Litany to be an excellent help in doing so. I include it as a resource that can be used at any time. It is an antidote to the kind of self-righteousness that accuses others for our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 24, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering
“Evil is one of the deepest and most central problems of human existence.” Peter Vardy and Julie Arliss in The Thinker’s Guide to Evil, analyze various sources of evil. They focus on three areas of concern. The freedom of human beings to choose to be selfish,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 20, 2026 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering
On the evening of September 5, 2004, my wife and I were watching the progress of Hurricane Frances on the television in our home when the power failed. Left in the darkness we listened to the wind roaring over us, the trees thudding against the roof, and the crack of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 31, 2025 | Prayer, Worship
A Prayer for the Commencement of a New Year. Almighty and immortal God, whose mercies are like your years, unnumbered, we your dependent creatures, humbly adore you for your manifold goodness to us and to all your children. Awaken in our hearts a thankful sense of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 30, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World
A primary symptom of depression is sadness. Freud, a sadly depressed man all through his life, admitted, “we are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object or its love.” Our aging...
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