Russellings of the Spirit

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  • Daring to die

    Picture, if you will, this scene: Jesus gathers with his closest disciples to celebrate the Feast of Passover. They are in the upper room in Jerusalem… the same place they have gathered every year of his ministry. As the last… Continue reading

  • INDIVISIBLE

    All that hard work for the last three months… and suddenly POOF! it’s done. As I write this, I have just finished singing with the Heartland Men’s Chorus in a concert called, “INDIVISIBLE: Songs of Remembrance and Resistance.”The weekend included… Continue reading

  • Be Like Rosie

    Meet Rosie. Rosie is our nearly eight-month-old Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier. And yes, it is perfectly OK for you to say what you’re thinking right now: she IS, in fact, the cutest dog in the world. Rosie is very high-spirited and… Continue reading

  • Remembering. And Giving Thanks

    When you grow up – as I did – in the state of Ohio, a mere one state east of the state of Indiana, Memorial Day only meant ONE THING: listening to the Indianapolis 500 auto race on the radio.… Continue reading

  • The “Never Enough Club”

    I wasn’t very productive today. But then again, I’m on vacation. Productivity is not really expected of people on vacation… is it? Two weeks ago, on the other hand, I was NOT on vacation. It was a Thursday as I… Continue reading

  • My Mystery Blogger Award

    Wow! I am having a genuine Sally Fields moment here. I have just been nominated for my first-ever blogger award… The Mystery Blogger Award by Mitch Teemley (see his work at https://mitchteemley.com/. He is insanely good!). The idea is to give… Continue reading

  • Forgive them Father, For They Have Spinned

    “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12, NRSV Sometimes, my wife really knows how to push my buttons. When she wants to effectively get under my skin, she calls me SpinMaster.… Continue reading

  • More than skin deep

    “Hey… is that a tattoo?” The question caught me off guard for a moment. I was sitting there in my car, arm extended, offering my credit card to the woman in the cute little tollbooth there at the front end… Continue reading

  • My Truth

    It’s finally happened! That million dollar idea I have been sitting here waiting to pop into my head JUST DID! POP! So before I dash down to the U.S. Patent Office and secure this brilliant brainstorm under legal lock and… Continue reading

  • The idol of safety

    They were just sitting there at their table in that Waffle House… chatting, drinking coffee, and reliving adventures from earlier that night. They were just out for a stroll on the sidewalk on an unseasonably beautiful spring day… drinking in… Continue reading