Russellings of the Spirit

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  • Where is the Justice?

    For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. – Isaiah… Continue reading

  • Irony, Thy Name is Human

    Thanks for this post, Mitch Teemley (“The Power of Story”). Too good not to re-blog. Mitch Teemley To err is human. Oh, so human. View original post Continue reading

  • Need Answers?

    If you want to know what is right, just ask me… … on virtually ANY topic. Let’s start with DRIVING. I can tell you how fast you should be driving, which lane you should be in, how (and when) to… Continue reading

  • Padless living

    “Sometimes life feels like playing football with no pads.” –       R. Brown, 2019 In a time long ago and far away, I played football. The American version, that is. The kind that requires helmets, shoulder pads, thigh pads, kneepads, cleats,… Continue reading

  • Call it good

    My wife and I just returned from a wonderful trip with friends. We traveled to the state of Arizona with several different objectives in mind. First, we desperately wanted to escape the icy grip of winter that has seemingly decided… Continue reading

  • Lucky 13

    An (as usual) pithy, thoughtful meditation from one of my favorite blogger/meditators. Read and enjoy! weeklydevotion I did a funeral today. Can you guess what psalm I used? That’s right. Good ole Psalm 23. The psalm people who don’t even… Continue reading

    Lucky 13

  • Freedom cancer

    Six months ago, I didn’t know much about cancer. If I’m being honest, I would have to tell you I didn’t really want to know anything about it. I called it “the ‘C’ word.” But then September 21 happened. That… Continue reading

  • Repentance Muscle

    “From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’”(Matthew 4:17) Most of us have muscles that can use a little strengthening. Maybe it’s a bicep to allow you to do a little heavier… Continue reading

  • Confessions of a human punching bag

    If memory serves, sixth grade was the last time I was ever in a genuine fistfight. It was a hot summer day. As usual, I was at the community swimming pool with my friends splashing, diving, and horsing around. When… Continue reading

  • Here in the aftermath…

    “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” (John 12:21, NRSV) Today, words fail. And yet, I have always been encouraged that the attempt to assemble appropriate words can often be the beginning point of the process of healing. So I press on… I… Continue reading