by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 24, 2017 | Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth….No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known” (John 1:14,18)....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 25, 2016 | Church, Jesus
My first twenty-three Christmases were spent in my home in New Zealand where it was the middle of summer. In 1964 I sailed to England to study Theology at the University of Durham. For the first time I was feeling homesick and lonely. My first Christmas away from home...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 21, 2016 | Jesus, Suffering
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) martyred under Hitler wrote about the coming of Jesus in our midst. “Behold I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” (Revelation 3:20) When...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
In preparing for Christmas through the season of Advent I always like to find a new source of inspiration. This year I read Timothy Keller’s, Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ. Each chapter represents at least 10 or so meditations and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 24, 2015 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Islam, Jesus, Witness
CHRISTMAS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT On March 7, 1984, Jerry Levin, director of the CNN Middle East Bureau was walking from his Beirut, Lebanon apartment to his office when he was kidnapped by the terrorist group Hezbollah. He was placed in solitary confinement, chained...
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