by sworel | Nov 17, 2009 | 2009, featured, Musings
During my first year of college I was involved in a first class food fight. I am certainly not proud of such immature, irresponsible behavior, but I can’t tell you that it wasn’t fun! If I remember correctly, it was lunch time and they were serving...
by sworel | Nov 6, 2009 | 2009, Musings
A few weeks ago, a Civil War soldier’s remains were found at the site of the Battle of Franklin in Tennessee. Although those who reburied him knew neither his name nor even which side he fought on, they honored him with a horse-drawn carriage draped with both...
by sworel | Nov 2, 2009 | 2009, Musings
The human body is an amazing creation. I am told that we are able to distinguish some 10,000 different smells. The tissue in our brains weighs only 3 pounds, but there are complex interactions of thousands of synapses taking places at nano- speed that allow us to...
by sworel | Oct 26, 2009 | 2009, featured, Musings
We have drive-thru food and drive-thru dry cleaners, we even have drive-thru coffee huts, why not drive-thru prayer? A church in Phoenix recently pondered that question and decided to turn their parking lot into a giant drive-thru prayer venue. For three hours one...
by sworel | Oct 19, 2009 | 2009, Musings
Time magazine has a feature they call “Lexicon” and since I am such a lover of words, I usually read the little article each week. A while back, they coined this term, “Putpockets” as a new noun. On usage, they commented, “Visitors to London always have to be on the...
by sworel | Oct 13, 2009 | 2009, Musings
In my opinion, Dan Brown is a good story teller. And because I enjoy his stories (certainly not his theology), I read his latest book last weekend. At one point, he is pointing out a statue that has been “altered.” He explains that a mediocre chiseler can produce a...
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