by sworel | Dec 31, 2012 | 2012, Musings
From time to time, I read a really good story and just have to pass it along. I noticed this one in Max Lucado’s book, A Gentle Thunder. “Once there was a man whose life was one of misery. The days were cloudy and the nights were long. Henry didn’t...
by sworel | Dec 24, 2012 | 2012, Musings
I probably have a dozen devotional guides in my office. Some are well known (Oswald Chamber’s “My Utmost for His Highest”), some offer two thoughts a day (Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening”) and others require “deep...
by sworel | Dec 17, 2012 | 2012, Musings
The Christmas season is chock-full with enjoyable (and occasionally not so enjoyable) family oriented tasks and events. Most of us cherish the joys associated with all of that, especially as we watch our children embrace the “reason for the season.” In...
by sworel | Dec 10, 2012 | 2012, Musings
I have a great deal of respect for the faculty at Talbot Theological Seminary. (The fact that it took me 11 years to complete their 3 year master’s program perhaps endeared me to them.) In their latest newsletter Michelle Lee-Barnewall, an associate professor of...
by sworel | Dec 3, 2012 | 2012, Musings
The folks that live in the western Serbian village of Zarozje have received a pretty unique public warning. Recently the town’s mayor sent out a caution that a vampire was on the loose. And since he wasn’t kidding, the townsfolk are stocking up on garlic...
by sworel | Nov 26, 2012 | 2012, Musings
Experts are concerned that young children are suffering under the weight of the pressures of modern living. Earlier this year, the online newspaper “Mail” reported that, “driven into anxiety by the worries of their parents, the stressed out toddlers...
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