Russellings of the Spirit

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  • Singing In the Rain

    Traveling is cool. In fact, I am – at this very moment – traveling down the Danube River with Joan in a COVID-delayed celebration of our 20th wedding anniversary. We are seeing places like Budapest, Vienna, Krems, Remmsberg, and others at… Continue reading

  • The Inexhaustible Supply Chain

    Our new couch is finally HERE!  Hip Hip HOORAY! Last week Joan and I were finally able to get rid of that old couch – the one that was meant for a MUCH larger living room – so that we… Continue reading

  • The Voice Speaks!

    “Are you edgy?” There I was… out in my back yard the other day, tidying up some ragged borders with my battery-powered string trimmer.  That’s when I heard The Voice…  … And The Voice seemed to be asking me a… Continue reading

  • Am I Really a Male?

    By all outward indications, the answer to the question posed above is a resounding, “YES!”  The inward benchmarks (e.g., the sum of my urges, drives, thinking, and worldview) also seem to point in the direction of an affirmative response. But… Continue reading

  • A Strange Set of Tools

    I’ve got this dilemma on my hands. Maybe you can help me with it. On the one hand, I don’t like to fail. I mean I REALLY don’t like it. At all. At the same time, I really like trying things I haven’t tried… Continue reading

  • Augmenting the Toolkit

    Of all the tools that currently reside in my personal Toolkit of Life, the one that seems notably lacking is the one called WISDOM.  In my better moments, I’ve been called clever, or bright, or intuitive… once someone even called me sharp.… Continue reading

  • Whose Team Are You On?

    Tom* really knew how to get my goat. Even though – as his pastor – I did my level best to keep my political opinions and leanings tightly under cover, Tom thought he had me pretty well pegged. He would… Continue reading

  • Testing… Testing…

    Fall is many things. Fall is cooler weather. Fall is turning leaves.  Fall is back-to-school, pumpkin spice EVERYTHING, football, turning leaves, wardrobe revision, Halloween, the end of mowing, and the roll-out of next year’s new auto models.  But most of… Continue reading

  • My Own NGH List

    Last night the newly-crowned, 15-year-old champion of the show, American Ninja Warrior gazed earnestly into the camera and assured me, “Hey! If you can dream it and work hard, you can do ANYTHING!” “REALLY?” I replied, reaching to my left for another handful… Continue reading

  • What do you know?

    “Look at this,” Joan said as we drove to the park the other day. “According to this FitBit report I just received, I had more average steps per month last year than this year, a higher average heart rate, and got… Continue reading