by sworel | Oct 31, 2021 | 2021, Musings
There is a high school in Texas that has been struggling with ugly student behaviors. The students have been particularly mean spirited lately with lots of bullying, physical fighting, name calling and skipping classes. The community met together to discuss how to...
by sworel | Oct 24, 2021 | 2021
One of my favorite movies is “The Proposal.” “Margaret,” (the character Sandra Bullock plays) displays an amazing array of personal, selfish, obnoxious character traits. And one of her worst qualities is her inability to be told “no” and live with it. She is a...
by sworel | Oct 17, 2021 | 2021, Musings
Over the years, I have often run into folks that do not want to discuss God’s Word because they are convinced that it is chock-full of errors. I always grin when I get that response and follow up with a comment and a question: “Ok, I get it. Could we start with you...
by sworel | Oct 3, 2021 | 2021, Musings
Buried at the end of the book of Colossians (while the credits are rolling), Paul calls out some greetings to a number of friends and fellow workers. Although there are a number of men whose names we might not be familiar with, this section strikes me as very...
by sworel | Sep 26, 2021 | 2021, Musings
A lamb may be rejected by his ewe mother for any number of reasons. Sometimes, she senses that the lamb has some kind of birth defect. Maybe they are a twin and she can only serve one new lamb. Or maybe they are rejected because she can’t feed them properly. But once...
by sworel | Sep 19, 2021 | 2021, Musings
There is a very cool story told in Bruce Larson’s book, The One and Only You (retold in Swindoll’s book, The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart). It seems that a family in Alabama planned a very special summer vacation visiting the West Coast. Unfortunately, though, the dad was...
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