by sworel | Jul 14, 2024 | 2024, Musings
Awhile back, I was rereading a copy of an 11-year-old Focus on the Family article entitled, “Footprints of Faith.” The author, Wendy Lawton told the story of a priceless family treasure that came in the form of a yellowed handwritten note attached to some old...
by sworel | Jul 7, 2024 | 2024, Musings
It doesn’t really matter what business you call these days; you are likely to engage with some form of a “phone answering” system. We all hate them, and if you are like me, you may occasionally resort to screaming at the phone, “customer service!” Sometimes, we...
by sworel | Jun 30, 2024 | 2024, Musings
If you had interviewed me when I was a High School senior and asked who the influencers were in my life, I would probably have answered, “my English teacher Mr. Martin (he was so smart, well read and cute too!), Benjamin Franklin (been an interest for a long time) and...
by sworel | Jun 23, 2024 | 2024, Musings
A while back, the clue on Jeopardy was “Jezebel’s husband.” None of the three contestants knew that the answer was King Ahab. About that same time, I was doing a crossword puzzle, and the clue was Samuel’s teacher. I happened to know that Eli was Samuel’s mentor. But...
by sworel | Jun 16, 2024 | 2024, Musings
One of my favorite children’s books is entitled, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” The hero of the book is having a very tough day, and his coping mechanism is his plan to run away to Australia. Alexander’s problems consisted of a bad hair...
by sworel | Jun 9, 2024 | 2024, Musings
This week a friend reminded me about a very cool verse in Psalm 78. It is verse 72 which says, “And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.” The author, Asaph (a leader and chief musician in Israel) recognized that...
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