by sworel | Mar 22, 2026 | 2026, Musings
Mark Creech recently wrote an article for The Christian Post entitled, “Is God Asleep in your Boat?” And I loved it. He was referring to the story that appears in three of the gospels, but I like the account in Luke 8. Jesus said to His disciples, “Let’s go over to...
by sworel | Mar 15, 2026 | 2026, Musings
I grew up in a little Baptist church where everyone shouted a hearty “amen” when they heard something they liked. The cadence of the Pastor and his message would often be adjusted by the ebb and flow of those amens. It was a way to signal our approval of a point or...
by sworel | Mar 8, 2026 | 2026, Musings
This morning, I read an article that was printed in the Wall Street Journal. I am not sure of the date of the incident, but I found it to be extraordinarily upsetting. It has to do with an ongoing two-month exchange between a 36-year-old Florida man named Joel Gavalas...
by sworel | Mar 1, 2026 | 2026, Musings
In one of John Maxwell’s books on leadership, there is a good story about one of the men at the Alamo. As you may remember, in 1835 a group of very committed Texas patriots made a stand against the Mexican army at a small mission-turned fort in San Antonio. (When I...
by sworel | Feb 22, 2026 | 2026, Musings
Like you, I really enjoy learning new things. This morning, I learned the definition of the term “murmuration.” My vocabulary got expanded as I looked at a video of some starlings racing across the fields in the Midwest. You may have seen how they group together by...
by sworel | Feb 15, 2026 | 2026, Musings
The Scottish theologian William Barclay, once wrote, “A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms. And nothing in all of religious history has done Christianity more harm than its connection with black clothes and long faces.” A gloomy Christian allows their...
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