by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 30, 2018 | Aging, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering, Witness, Worship
Christians are future oriented. We do not fear the future. We deal honestly and courageously with the end of this life because we have a future to look forward to. What do we see when we look into the future? The past we know, the present we are experiencing. What...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 20, 2018 | Morality, Movies, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
I have been reading the novels and stories of Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) and have been fascinated by his insight into the psychology of his characters. Zweig was an Austrian who knew and appreciated Sigmund Freud and his theories of the unconscious. His knowledge of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 28, 2018 | Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
September 29 in the Christian Calendar is St. Michael and All Angels Day. It marks the beginning of the academic year in the United Kingdom with Michaelmas Term. It will always be a special day for me because on that day in 1967 I was ordained to the Christian...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 20, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
How good are you at waiting? I am not good at it at all. Patience is both the fruit of the Spirit and an aspect of love. It does not come naturally to us. We are impatient creatures. The younger you are the more impatient you are. But even as we age we have difficulty...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 19, 2018 | Bible, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
My volume 4 of SOUL FOOD: DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR THE HUNGRY, for October, November and December is available to order from www.amazon.com. Just as our bodies need food our souls need spiritual nourishment each day. These daily devotionals will strengthen and sustain...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 11, 2018 | Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
I have been reading Theodore Dalrymple’s volume of essays entitled, OUR CULTURE, WHAT’S LEFT OF IT. A British psychiatrist and commentator Dalrymple has practiced medicine on four continents, a British inner-city hospital and a prison. In his chapter How To Read A...
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