by sworel | Apr 27, 2025 | 2025, Musings
I have always been fascinated by world records. So much so, that I led an effort to have Stoneybrooke be listed in the Guiness Book of World Records. (We are! At one point, we made the World’s Longest Paper Doll Chain. Check it out!) Recently, I was fascinated to see...
by sworel | Apr 20, 2025 | 2025, Musings
World War II officially ended with the unconditional surrender of Japan. The documents were formalized on the deck of the USS Missouri on September 2nd, 1945. After the end of the war, it took more than three years to bring home the 3.5 million Japanese...
by sworel | Apr 13, 2025 | 2025, Musings, Uncategorized
I recently read an article in the Christian Post by Robin Schumacher. He was asking an insightful question, trying to get to clarity about his own sinful nature. He queried, “What command in the Bible do I break most often?” (For his answer, I will let you read the...
by sworel | Apr 6, 2025 | 2025, Musings
One of my favorite little books to read around Easter time is Gold from Golgotha by Russell Jones. It recounts in detail the seven sayings Christ makes from the cross. In the section dealing with the comment “Father into thy hands I commit my Spirit,” Russell cites an...
by sworel | Mar 30, 2025 | 2025, Musings
There is such power in those three little words, “I am here.” Imagine for a moment a young elementary student with a part in the school play. Those three lines he or she has to deliver are some of the most important sentences ever spoken. But maybe dad has been...
by sworel | Mar 23, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Having lived in England for a while as a kid, I have always had a fascination for royalty. I once got to “meet” Queen Elizabeth (well, I got to curtsey her!). One of my British boyfriends offered to take me to a very cool steak house if I memorized the lineage of the...
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