Russellings of the Spirit

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  • A Little Corner of Order

    We made the bed this morning. Yipppeee!! Skippy!! And when I say, “…we made the bed,” of course I mean JOAN – on her own – made the bed.  Sometimes I help with the bedmaking. When I am around, that is. But many… Continue reading

  • Holy Unsettledness!

    I love to travel. In fact, Joan and I just returned from a great, nine-day trip to the state of New Mexico. In fact, if you’d like some tips on things to see and do in Taos, or White Sands… Continue reading

  • Blessed Reassurance

    Oh, how I loved it. How it used to stir my soul.  There we were, sitting in our neat rows in Mrs. Olds’ fifth grade classroom. She had just posed a question to the entire class… on which topic I… Continue reading

  • Picking the Right Place

    Visiting Israel is a sacred, life-changing experience. Like parenthood, nothing can quite prepare you for what it feels like to put your own feet on the exact same places where Jesus put his. That is, if you can figure out which places… Continue reading

  • Easter, God’s Will, and the War in Ukraine

    Since the beginning of time, war has been hell.  War costs millions of innocent lives. In the blink of an eye, war destroys people, communities, vegetation, and futures. Some of us have seen war firsthand. Most of us have just… Continue reading

  • Did You Notice?

    Sometimes it is easier not to notice.  I’m not talking about merely SEEING… skimming briskly across the surface, dipping in a toe here, then here… … absorbing just enough substance from which to fashion a quip, a comment, a post…… Continue reading

  • Lent and the GTS

    I miss Facebook. You see, my chosen Lenten discipline this year was pursuing a fast (i.e., a period of intentional self-denial) from Facebook. Facebook had become something I found myself being sucked into WAAAAY too often. I rationalized that I used… Continue reading

  • Pray a Prayer of Peace

    With everything going on in the world today, I know your prayer list is probably full to overflowing.  But I wonder… can I coax you into squeezing ONE MORE group of people onto it? Just for today? Please? Can I… Continue reading

  • Happy Anniversary, Sweetie

    Earlier this week, we celebrated an anniversary. It was the third anniversary of Joan joyfully and triumphantly ringing the brass bell that marked the end of her chemotherapy and the beginning of her remission from cancer. It has been a… Continue reading

  • Risky Business

    What do you consider the riskiest thing you have ever done? Back in the early 90s, I started my own business. It was a little advertising and public relations agency based in Kansas City. But here’s the thing: I really… Continue reading