by sworel | Jan 12, 2025 | Musings
So often, the default answer to “How are you doing?” is “Busy” or maybe even “Crazy, crazy busy.” As Kyle Idleman in his book The End of Me says, “We establish our pecking order based on how little margin there is in our lives.” (Now, that is really sad, but true!)...
by sworel | Jan 5, 2025 | 2025, Musings
As we start off the new year, it occurs to me that someone needs your (and my) love. There are homeless and helpless men and women in every community. Some are hospitalized and all alone. There are any number of haggard folks like young nursing moms or dads trying to...
by sworel | Dec 15, 2024 | 2024, Musings
According to the former President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and History and some historians from England, Egypt, Germany and India, our world doesn’t know much about political tranquility. Their studies concluded that since 3600 B.C., the world has...
by sworel | Dec 8, 2024 | 2024, Musings
Tis the season for a renewed sensed of gratitude for all that the Lord has done for us. “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever “(Ps. 136:1). Sitting around that massive holiday table covered with mounds of wonderful food, it was very easy...
by sworel | Nov 10, 2024 | 2024, Musings
Don’t you just wish you could take a pill and wake up tomorrow all spiritually mature and mirroring the attributes of Jesus? Instead, you and I are told that we must persevere in our spiritual pursuits, practicing what we know will bring spiritual fruit to our lives....
by sworel | Oct 27, 2024 | 2024, Musings
In Matthew 11:28-30 all of us who are weary and burdened, are encouraged to take up the yoke of Christ and learn of Him. And He then promises that we will find rest for our souls. Every time I have heard that passage preached (or taught it myself), the emphasis has...
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