gistfile1.js

// the meteor framework expects calls to be sync:
Meteor.methods({
  search: function (term) {
    return searchresults;
  }
});

// the db call that performs the search is async:
db.run("SELECT key FROM paragraphs WHERE data MATCH '" + term + "'", function(err, rows) {
    searchresults = rows;
});

var fut = new Future();
db.all("SELECT key FROM paragraphs WHERE data MATCH '" + term + "';";, function(err, rows) {
    fut.ret(rows);
})
return fut.wait();