by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 5, 2018 | Atheism, Faith, Politics, Prayer, The World
Irina Ratushinskaya (1954-2017) was a Ukrainian poet who was tried and imprisoned during the 1980’s for anti-Soviet activity. Her crime was to write poetry from a Christian perspective. She was not raised as a Christian, and had no access to Christian literature or a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 2, 2018 | Faith, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Worship
All Souls’ Day, November 2, (also known as the Day of the Dead in the South-West and Mexico) commemorates all the faithful departed. My first church in London was called All Souls Church. This year it is appropriate to remember the eleven victims of the massacre at...
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 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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