by sworel | Apr 11, 2016 | 2016, Musings
In February of this year, a 69-year-old Spanish man was fired after his employers discovered that he hadn’t actually shown up to work for at least the past 6 years! But the best part of the story is how they figured out he was shirking his responsibilities....
by sworel | Apr 4, 2016 | 2016, Musings
In Revelation Chapter 6, the souls of those who have been slain because of the Word of God cry out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” That verse came screaming back into the...
by sworel | Mar 28, 2016 | 2016, Musings
This is the time of the year when so many of us read and reread the Biblical account of Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. This year, a phrase jumped off the page and hit me right between my proverbial eyes. It is in John 20 in the section where Jesus appears to...
by sworel | Mar 21, 2016 | 2016, Musings
Years ago, my goddaughter came home and declared that the kids at school were using the “S” word. Since I am the superintendent of that school, I got the hackles up on the back of my neck and demanded to know who was using such a dirty word. As I chuckled under my...
by sworel | Mar 14, 2016 | 2016, Musings
Apparently, when early missionaries were sent to Africa, many of them packed and shipped all their belongings and supplies in a coffin. At the end of their lives, those same coffins were used for the missionary’s own burial. You talk about commitment and dedication!...
by sworel | Mar 7, 2016 | 2016, Musings
Recently, some handmade cardboard signs have been popping up around the train station in San Juan Capistrano. They very simply say “Stephen, please call your mom.” Now I have no idea who Stephen is, no idea about his age or the circumstances that have estranged him...
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