by sworel | Jun 19, 2017 | 2017, Musings
About 15 years ago Disney pictures produced a fun movie called “Snow Dogs”. It was the story of a successful suburban dentist who inherited a dogsled team and a rustic cabin up in Alaska. The movie humorously chronicled his attempts to master the sport of dog...
by sworel | Jun 12, 2017 | 2017, Musings
A recent scientific study asserts that talking to yourself is really not a sign of madness, but rather it might indicate that you are “smarter than the average bear.” Truth is lots of us make fun of others who talk out loud to themselves. But the experts at Bangor...
by sworel | Jun 5, 2017 | 2017, Musings
The other day, a prospective parent at Stoneybrooke asked me where I was from. He heard a “y all” in my conversation and assumed I was from the south. Truth be known, I think I have a southern British accent from the islands (Hawaii), reflecting all the moving around...
by sworel | May 29, 2017 | 2017, Musings
Ever since I became a follower of Christ, I believed that the term “prodigal” (used in the story about the lost son in Luke 15) meant something like scoundrel or wayward child. I thought it carried the idea of a son “gone bad.” But I heard a message recently by Buddy...
by sworel | May 22, 2017 | 2017, Musings
We are all very familiar with many of the positive statements in I Corinthians 13. We know that love is patient, love is kind, and love believes all things and hopes all things. But I am convinced that many of us are not as familiar with the things love is not. This...
by sworel | May 15, 2017 | 2017, Musings
I saw a headline the other day that deeply disturbed me, and not because of the political implications (heaven knows we are all bombarded with enough of that kind of input). But as an influencer of children, I was really concerned. The headline read “329 people,...
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