by sworel | Dec 28, 2025 | 2025, Musings
I have seen Christmas celebrations go both ways. It can be an incredibly joyous time, and it can also be a disaster. I remember the year my brother was excitedly looking forward to receiving some sports equipment. I think he wanted a new football, baseball, glove and...
by sworel | Dec 21, 2025 | 2025, Musings
The Biblical account of the Christmas story is found mostly in Matthew chapter one and Luke chapter two. This week as you review those two chapters, (and a few other places in the scriptures), I invite you to consider one of the unsung heroes of the drama. He is one...
by sworel | Dec 14, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Stress is everywhere. Even good things can cause stress! If we take a vacation, it causes stress. If we start a new job, find a new house or choose a new spouse, it still causes major stress. And stress around the holidays is especially noticeable. In fact, on the...
by sworel | Dec 7, 2025 | 2025, Musings
A clinical psychologist named David Stoop wrote about a transient who traveled across the country by hiding out in freight trains. (His story is found in a book I read recently called Tame Your Thoughts.) “One night he climbed into what looked like a boxcar and closed...
by sworel | Nov 30, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Ever since my Goddaughter did her 8th grade research project on the Titanic, I have been fascinated with accounts of that disaster. I recently read some insights from Michael Trull. He wrote: “On April 15, 1912, at approximately 2:20 A.M. the stern of the White Star...
by sworel | Nov 23, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Can I offer you (and me) some valuable perspective? “In AD 44, King Herod ordered that James the Greater be thrust through with a sword. He was the first of the apostles to be martyred. And so, the blood bath began. Luke was hung by the neck from an olive tree in...
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