by sworel | Nov 26, 2023 | 2023, Musings
I love a good story. This one is about a midwestern farmer. Apparently, one night a fierce desert storm struck with rain, hail, and a high wind. At daybreak, feeling sick and fearing what he might find, the farmer went to survey his loss. The hail had beaten the...
by sworel | Nov 19, 2023 | 2023, Musings
I remember my first bicycle. It was blue and white and had plastic streamers imbedded in the grips on the steering bar. It had one of those cute ringers that you pushed with your thumb. And most of the time, I stuck playing cards on the spokes so it would make that...
by sworel | Nov 12, 2023 | 2023, Musings
I am a storyteller and when I find a good one, I love to pass it along. It seems that “many years ago in a small hotel in Philadelphia, USA, an elderly couple, on a business trip from England, approached the night clerk seeking a room. ‘We have tried several other...
by sworel | Nov 5, 2023 | 2023, Musings
I love this story…the noted English architect Sir Christopher Wren was supervising the construction of a magnificent cathedral in London. A journalist thought it would be interesting to interview some of the workers, so he chose three and asked them this question,...
by sworel | Oct 29, 2023 | 2023, Musings
A Dutch Supermarket introduced checkout lanes for lonely elderly people who want someone to talk to. The plan was so successful that they went ahead and installed those checkouts in all their 200 stores. They also added. A ‘chat corner’ where locals could meet, get a...
by sworel | Oct 22, 2023 | 2023, Musings
In Bruce Larson’s commentary on the book of Luke, he shares this story. Apparently, there was a conference at a church in Omaha, Nebraska. It wasn’t the kind of church where folks shouted an occasional “amen” or raised their hands during the worship...
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