by sworel | Nov 19, 2012 | 2012, Musings
A week or so ago my school, Stoneybrooke had its 30th anniversary celebration. We were focused on the 3000 kids that have wandered down our halls, so we called it “The Legacy Celebration.” We were marking the blessings of the past three decades but also...
by sworel | Nov 12, 2012 | 2012, Musings
I am embarrassed to admit it, but I took 4 years of Latin in High School in an attempt to get out of Home Economics. I just did not want to make those culottes! But I am proficient enough to translate the dead language phrase: “memento mori.” It means...
by sworel | Nov 5, 2012 | 2012, Musings
Neuroscientists are making some headway turning people’s thoughts into speech. There have been over 100 brain-imaging studies this past decade that are focused on speech-processing. According to an article in USA Today (February 1, 2012), a recent one used a...
by sworel | Oct 29, 2012 | 2012, Musings
A group of golfers in San Juan Capistrano had a bit of a surprise as they approached the 12th hole tee box. Laying there writhing around on the ground was a live 2-foot shark! The shark had a couple of puncture wounds that suggested a bird of some sort had scooped it...
by sworel | Oct 22, 2012 | 2012, featured, Musings
Raising children in our modern culture is a very difficult task! It can be done by one parent, but it’s really a two person job. And it is fraught with all kinds of challenges. A few of those “challenges” caught my eye last week. Parents in Florida...
by sworel | Oct 15, 2012 | 2012, Musings
Since 1526 when Tyndale’s NT was printed in English, there have been about 900 English translations of the Bible. That statistic might make some of us think that God actually wrote in English. But of course, that is not true. The Old Testament was written...
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