by sworel | Apr 18, 2011 | 2011, Musings
In the last several weeks there has been a number of news articles focused on the behavior of school teachers. In Harriman, Tennessee a 38 year veteran kindergarten teacher was weary of dealing with the messiness of the children. Reportedly, he repeatedly warned a...
by sworel | Apr 11, 2011 | 2011, Musings
A week or so ago, the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson had to agree to pay some $70 million dollars to settle criminal and civil charges that they bribed doctors in Europe to use their drugs. They were also accused of paying kickbacks to the Iraqi...
by sworel | Apr 4, 2011 | 2011, Musings
Today is the championship game of the NCAA basketball tournament. For those fanatics among us, this day was circled in red a year ago! In my own not-so-humble opinion, this three week tournament is the best sporting event of the year, even if we all squabble about...
by sworel | Mar 28, 2011 | 2011, Musings
I have always been interested in the derivation of the phrases you and I use all the time. How did some of these common expressions get to be such a key part of our language narratives? Well, a while back, someone sent me a paper outlining many of those derivations. I...
by sworel | Mar 21, 2011 | 2011, Musings
The Bible makes it very clear; we are to pray for one another. And it does not matter whether we are standing, kneeling, bowing, or on our face before God, we are called to pray for the needs of others. We can pray before meals, in the morning, in the evening, by...
by sworel | Mar 14, 2011 | 2011, Musings
Like the rest of the world, I have been fascinated watching from afar all the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. I am sure that my limited view (afforded by the media) only captures a slice of all the issues at hand. No doubt governments, rulers,...
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