by sworel | Nov 14, 2011 | 2011, Musings
A story broke on the news wire last week that is incredibly disturbing. It seems that Jerry Sandusky, a long time football defensive coach at Penn State University is accused of molesting at least eight young boys over a 15 year time period. He is currently facing 21...
by sworel | Nov 7, 2011 | 2011, Musings
Over the 29 years of my experience as the Head of School at Stoneybrooke, the verse that I have most often given to kids to memorize is Eph. 4:29. It says, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up...
by sworel | Oct 31, 2011 | 2011, Musings
The magazine, RealSimple.com had a neat article in its June edition. It was entitled, “Five Great Things about Getting lder.” (Since I turned 62 this year, I am very interested in this topic!) The five things commented upon were submitted by those at least...
by sworel | Oct 24, 2011 | 2011, Musings
When I was a kid and we got a little too noisy in the house, my father would jokingly shout, “Kids, go play out on the run way!” You see, I grew up on military bases and we always lived near a run way. I wonder how today’s “guardians of...
by sworel | Oct 17, 2011 | 2011, Musings
The October edition of National Geographic had a field note from a monkey watcher. Anthropologist Susan Perry observed that Capuchin monkeys are high drama animals. “She should know, she has studied them in Costa Rica for the past 21 years. Among her findings:...
by sworel | Oct 10, 2011 | 2011, Musings
A couple of weeks ago, Pat Robertson (chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network) literally kicked up a fire storm with his remarks about divorcing a spouse who has Alzheimer’s disease. His comment was, I wouldn’t “put someone on a guilt trip for...
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