by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 3, 2015 | Healing, Islam, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering
Heavenly Father, we grieve with those who have lost loved ones, and have been severely disabled by the tragic events of this past week. All of a sudden, politics and foreign conflict, the stock market and taxes are displaced by dangers closer to home. Our first...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 18, 2015 | Atheism, Islam, Jesus, Suffering, The World, Witness
In the light of the Paris terrorists attacks I have used the following prayers. Almighty God, Lord of all peoples and nations on the earth, Whose power no one is able to resist, and who can turn evil to good. Save and deliver us, we humbly pray, from the hands of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 14, 2015 | Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
My wife and I went to see the movie SUFFRAGETTE. It is a powerful presentation of the movement to win voting rights for women in Great Britain at the beginning of the 20th century. Carey Mulligan plays the lead role of a working class mother who became involved in the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 11, 2015 | Aging, Ministry, Suffering
Atul Gawande, surgeon, author and public health researcher, in his recent book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, argues that the reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and deny...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 1, 2015 | Aging, Ministry, Suffering
“Whereas Alzheimer’s may be specified as a brain disease, dementia is an encompassing concept that can be used theologically to reflect upon the deterioration of a much greater realm of personal stimuli, including one’s social environment. A ‘dementing person’ may be...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2015 | Abortion, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
One of my favorite websites is www.thefederalist.com. The following posts were most perceptive about the Pope’s visit to the USA. Ten Stories the Media Won’t Tell You About the Pope’s USA Visit...
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