by sworel | Nov 16, 2025 | 2025, Musings
I was sitting in a board meeting the other day and the agenda called for a moment of prayer. One of the board members began his prayer by thanking God for our time to be together. He specifically thanked the Lord for “both chronos and kairos” time. Those two terms...
by sworel | Nov 9, 2025 | 2025, Musings
A few years back, a Civil War soldier’s remains were found at the site of the Battle of Franklin in Tennessee. Although those who reburied him knew neither his name nor even which side he fought on, they honored him with a horse-drawn carriage draped with both...
by sworel | Nov 2, 2025 | 2025, Musings
In 1522, Ignatius of Loyola had his leg shattered by a cannonball and began his pilgrimage towards Jerusalem. He got waylaid along the way and ended up in cave somewhere writing his thoughts on spiritual exercises. One of those exercises has come to be called “The...
by sworel | Oct 26, 2025 | 2025, Musings
For some parents, it is just too much trouble to properly discipline their children. Cue the video of the parents ignoring their kids in the grocery store as they pull things off the shelf and drop uneaten cookies all over the floor for someone else to clean up. For...
by sworel | Oct 19, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Last week was my birthday. And it’s always wonderful to have some sweet thoughts sent my way. But a few years ago, I got the idea to research some events in history that happened on my birthday. And they were interesting. For example, on October 16th, 1869, a hotel in...
by sworel | Oct 12, 2025 | 2025, Musings
I hate name tags. I am not sure why. Maybe something in my childhood caused me to dislike wearing them. Maybe I didn’t like being easily identified (too much orneriness). Maybe my early work world included awkward introductions based on the info found on those...
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