by sworel | Aug 10, 2025 | 2025, Musings
The last several weeks or so have been especially challenging for me. I took a trip up to Alaska to spread my dad’s ashes along his favorite river and then headed to Vancouver to catch a cruise. But I got extremely ill and just came on home. I landed in the hospital...
by sworel | Aug 3, 2025 | 2025, Musings
I Peter 2:5-8 directs our attention to a cornerstone. That word might be unfamiliar for some of us. It is an architectural term referring to part of a masonry building. It refers to a stone that was set very strategically. All the other stones would be placed in...
by sworel | Jul 27, 2025 | 2025, Musings
When I was in the 8th grade, our Catholic school was getting ready for a graduation mass. It was a big deal and our class had several songs to sing. The nun who taught music gathered us all in the chapel for practice. She had a stack of special music books in her arms...
by sworel | Jul 20, 2025 | 2025, Musings
The other night I was watching a documentary on Apollo 13. At one point, they showed a view of space as the astronauts were looking out a window. It was dotted with glittering lights, stars were everywhere. That view reminded me of a summer’s night many years ago. I...
by sworel | Jul 13, 2025 | 2025, Musings
It is summertime, and if we interviewed 25 people laying out on the sand, we would get 25 divergent opinions regarding what constitutes eternity. On the cynical end of things, one might say, “From my rotting body flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is...
by sworel | Jul 6, 2025 | 2025, Musings
I recently read an article by Kelly Williams entitled, “10 Things I Learned About Life as a Christian.” Kelly is a pastor from Colorado who can turn a phrase and grab your attention. Those ten things that he has learned are worth our consideration. He says...
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