by sworel | Aug 26, 2013 | 2013, Musings
Last week, a 37 year old Ohio auto mechanic was declared dead by his medical team. His heart had stopped beating for over 45 minutes. As the nurses were preparing his body for the family to say their last goodbyes, Tony Yahle suddenly started showing signs of life. He...
by sworel | Aug 19, 2013 | 2013, Musings
In the summer between my junior and senior year of high school, my family and I moved to Cornwall, England. My father was stationed at a Royal Air Force base near the little town of Newquay. A few months after we arrived, my dad came home with the news that the Queen...
by sworel | Aug 12, 2013 | 2013, Musings
For most of us, English grammar is a challenge. It is particularly difficult when we start considering the various tenses associated with our language. By most counts, there are 12 different tenses for English verbs. The easy ones are the simple present, simple past...
by sworel | Aug 5, 2013 | 2013, Musings
Among the reasons I love summer is the profound gift of time…time to read. As I was organizing my vacation reading material on my Kindle, I noticed that I did not have any C. S Lewis books “teed up.” Summer cannot be summer without a new look at...
by sworel | Jul 29, 2013 | 2013, Musings
I have invested more than thirty years in Christian school education. During that time, my fellow school workers and I have influenced over 3000 children ages 5-13. I am deeply committed to the imprint Christian schools can and do have on the lives of young people...
by sworel | Jul 22, 2013 | 2013, Musings
Last week CNN ran a story about Christians being tortured in the Sinai. It stated that Bedouin tribes are conducting human trafficking trade on a massive scale and they are focused on Christians. It hardly seems possible that as I sit here is a fine air conditioned...
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