by sworel | Jun 30, 2014 | 2014, Musings
Last November, believing that they were living on the wrong side of history, the editors of the Harrisburg Patriot and Union newspaper retracted an important editorial that had been first printed in 1863. Their retraction read in part, “Seven score and ten years...
by sworel | Jun 23, 2014 | 2014, Musings
I believe that most Christians know about Meriam Ibrahim. Perhaps not by name, but you know her story. She is the Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for the crime of allegiance to Christ. She was raised a Christian by her mother, but her estranged dad was a...
by sworel | Jun 16, 2014 | 2014, Musings
A school board in Florida wants to set a dress code for parents. One of the members of that board, Dr. Rosalind Osgood is concerned about the saggy pants that expose dads’ underwear and moms who wear curlers in their hair as they drop kids off for school. Her...
by sworel | Jun 9, 2014 | 2014, Musings
When the Beatles came to America in 1964, I was one of those screaming teenage girls greeting their arrival. I wasn’t at the airport, but you should have heard me as they sang on the Ed Sullivan show. (Those of you under the age of 50 can just look up that...
by sworel | Jun 2, 2014 | 2014, Musings
Did you know that elephants not only recognize each other, but they also have specific ways to comfort one another? Apparently they do that comforting by some reassuring touches, some chirping noises and physically gathering around in a kind of meaningful huddle....
by sworel | May 26, 2014 | 2014, Musings
I love hymns and I love the stories behind them. Books like Great Hymns and their Stories, Stories Behind the Hymns that Inspire America, A Hymn is Born and Hymns that Live adorn my bookshelves and bless my heart. The other day a friend sent along another background...
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