Schroeder’s Corner

We have suffered much violence, political and otherwise, of late.  Much of it aimed directly at Christianity.  We have lamented and bemoaned the violence.  But the time has come to think about what to do. Arthur Brooks, as he so often does,…

Yesterday I expressed my deep concern about the recent spate of actual physical attacks aimed at Christianity.  But we are being targeted by more than violence.  This morning the Washington Post carried an op-ed by an admitted Muslim, that seems…

Hamlet – Act 1, Scene 5 – “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”  I am a Presbyterian, one of the so-called “frozen chosen.”  I am not prone to the more spectacular displays of Christian…

About ten days ago we looked at Salena Zito looking at the influx of young people n churches in her area.  She continues to follow the story and yesterday she penned a deeper look into one of the congregations she had mentioned originally.  It’s…

While we have been dealing with political violence in this nation, the world continues to spin and developments in the Israel/Gaza conflict are immense.  Turns out we have a 21-point plan to end the conflict.  Good ideas, never gonna happen. …

There is a planting patch next to my back door.  When we bought the place it was overgrown, the shrubs and flowers consumed by an ivy.  I hired a crew to clean out the bed completely and replanted a few day lilies and a red bud tree.  Only one…

I guess I am too optimistic.  I thought the Charlie Kirk assassination would represent some sort of nadir, but alas, yesterday’s ICE shooting proves me quite wrong.  Our politics are a symptom of our problems, but our problems are deep, deep in…

A simple headline count this morning would indicate the the biggest news of the last cycle was the return of a certain host to late night television – even if a significant portion of the networks affiliates did not air the show.  Disclaimer,…

Mary Shelley’s original novel, Frankenstein, is a cautionary tale.  Written in 1818, it is by today’s standards a difficult read, and since it has been made into countless movies, no one generally bothers.  But the heart of the book…