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...
by sworel | Feb 8, 2026 | 2026, Musings
Years ago, some handmade cardboard signs began to pop up around the train station in San Juan Capistrano. They very simply said, “Stephen, please call your mom.” No one knew who Stephen was, none of us had any idea about his age or the circumstances that estranged him...
by sworel | Jan 25, 2026 | 2026, Musings
I really love the movie, Chariots of Fire. Of course I admire the character of Eric Liddell. Not only did he refuse to violate his principles at the Olympics and run on the sabbath, but ultimately, he died serving as a missionary in China. But the character of Harold...
by sworel | Jan 18, 2026 | 2026, Musings
Genesis chapters 6-8 tell the incredible story of Noah and the ark. God saw that the earth was corrupt and full of violence and he said the Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people… I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.” For the next chapter and a...
by sworel | Jan 11, 2026 | 2026, Musings
I recently read about an experiment that was conducted by Robert Kleck in the 1980s called the Dartmouth Scar Experiment. It focused on the power of perception over reality. The folks that participated were told that a huge scar was going to be painted on their face...
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