Russellings of the Spirit

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  • DONE!

    The voice of my sweet wife: “Are you finished in there yet, honey?” ME: “Almost!” Sweet wife: “OK. Just let me know. We need to leave in five minutes!” ME (as we walk into whatever-occasion-it-was, 10 minutes after the festivities began): “Sorry we’re late.… Continue reading

  • “Well, I declare!”

    It is one thing to know who you are. Today, after 60 plus years of trial and error and experimentation, I feel as if I am finally getting a handle on my own identity. However, it is quite another thing entirely to DECLARE that… Continue reading

  • One Coin… Two Sides

    So, have you ever seen this translation of the Bible? It’s the one that starts with the words, “In the beginning, God got political.” No. Of course you haven’t seen that translation. I just now concocted that verse. But I did so… Continue reading

  • A Tangled History

    Yesterday I wrote about the way politics and faith seem to live on polar opposite ends of the known universe. (a post which you can read in its entirety here.) As we check the historical record, however, it seems they have… Continue reading

  • The Intersection

    Sometimes they seem to go together like… … anchovies and marshmallows, or … toddlers and Harleys, or … armadillos and highways, or … two other things that really, really don’t go together at all. And no, I am not talking… Continue reading

  • Editing Myself

    [**WARNING** This post has been edited!!!] Just yesterday, the moment I’ve been waiting for all these years FINALLY HAPPENED! I was SO excited! See, this guy – out of the clear, blue sky – zinged me with an unnecessarily harsh… Continue reading

  • The Right Question…

    Since we now live in a new state, Joan and I recently decided to do a little exploring. We drove to the southwestern part of Colorado and set ourselves up in the lovely little town of Ridgway. We highly recommend… Continue reading

  • Two Years On…

    Today is the day when – two years ago – our world turned upside down. After experiencing a long bout of various gastrointestinal distresses, Joan went made an appointment with her doctor. She went in on a Wednesday to get… Continue reading

  • Roots and Wings

    I love to travel. … To go to places I’ve never been before… to meet people who are nothing at all like me… to see sights so incredible you can’t help but stop and capture their likeness. And when I… Continue reading

  • Pro and Con

    “Well, it sure beats the alternative!” I honestly can’t count the number of times I have uttered this phrase whenever someone complains to me about the tribulations of aging. Here of late though, I’ve had cause to wonder: Is it though?… Continue reading