Sylvia Schroeder

God’s timeline stretches, a banner of Sovereignty before time and ahead of time farther than any eye can see. Anna, advanced in years, a dot on the expanse of eternity, lived within the massive stone walls of the temple. Day and night she served. She prayed, and she waited for Old Testament promise to be […]

Can thankfulness really be commanded?  “In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thess. 5:18 (NASB) Well, yes, apparently it can.  It is the season of giving thanks. I’m glad there is an official day to pause and think of things for which to be grateful, but to […]

To perform certain tasks well one needs the right tools. My husband informed me of this when to my starry gaze a bedroom remodel looked like Pinterest, Wayfair and HGTV all blended together in a delightful mix of color and texture. While I dreamed of the possibilities, he looked for a pickup truck to lug […]

“Remind me again of why I love football,” I moaned. My gut sank while I watched another win slip into defeat. I felt like a deflated balloon. Not just for minutes, but for hours, even days. Losing is not fun. Winning is almost euphoric. Last week Kansas City played in the playoffs for the World […]

Have you ever wondered if someday you would be like the elderly person in front of you at the cash register? I wrote an article that appeared in an issue of Just Between Us about living a gracious, generous and grateful life. I hope you enjoy it. (Reprinted from the Spring 2015 issue of Just […]

I catch her busy little body as it flies by on thin legs and swing her onto my lap. She is the granddaughter of flaxen fairies, fair skin and fierce drama. Her legs pump air like a windmill. Giggles burst and gurgle like a brook over stones. It is a capture war and I am […]

“I am so ready for an angel to come,” Phil said that morning. I’d been thinking the same. I got up from my cot next to our daughter’s bed and joined my husband where he stood at her side. It was a ritual, a new sort of rotten routine that had just a pinch of […]

   “Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Matt. 9:37-38 NKJV   They fidget on mid-century chairs in my husband’s office. Mid-century not because the sleek wooden lines are hip, but because […]

Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child…” The air mattress lay like a rubber raft in the middle of the living room, calling me to a short night but much needed sleep. I was exhausted from ten days of giving care to my disabled daughter […]