by sworel | Jun 15, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Summer is upon us, and it is the time for reading, not because we must, but because we want to. I have always been an avid reader, but sometimes the rest of the world doesn’t seem to see the joy in books that I do. In fact, the reading habits of the “average” US...
by sworel | Jun 8, 2025 | 2025, Musings
One of my favorite Old Testament stories centers around Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathon, David’s dear friend. His story occurs in II Samuel chapters 4 through 16 where he is clearly a type of redeemed sinner. In fact, he is a lot like you and me! Mephibosheth...
by sworel | Jun 1, 2025 | 2025, Musings
A while back I saw an article in the NYTIMES about how much water it takes to manufacture one pair of jeans. Levi Strauss and Company reported that “from the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water...
by sworel | May 25, 2025 | 2025, Musings
We keep track of a person’s legacy in many ways. Epitaphs written on tombstones might be the most humorous approach. Here are a few of my favorite: In Washington D.C.: Uncle Walter loved to spend; He had no money in the end. But with many a whiskey, and many a wife,...
by sworel | May 18, 2025 | 2025, Musings
In her book, Now and Not Yet, Ruth Chou Simons suggests that there is a significant difference between living through a season of life and living permanently in a wilderness. A season of pain or disappointment or personal unrest can be very difficult, but it is...
by sworel | May 11, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Church is meant to be so much more than just a preaching station. The New Testament emphasizes its worth and value in Acts 2:42 where it declares that the early church “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to...
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