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Going Next Level…
It’s time to move on… to the next level. I feel like I’m ready. But sometimes I have to wonder if I am entirely willing. In one sense, I am talking about my guitar playing. I have been taking guitar… Continue reading
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Stunned and speechless
“Stunned and speechless” seems to be my default state every time I turn on the news these days. Just when I think it can’t get worse, somehow it does. My capacity for outrage is sorely tested every time one person… Continue reading
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The Real Deal
“To thine own self be true.” – Polonius, in Hamlet “See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are.” – 1 John 3:1, NRSV “Authentic” is a… Continue reading
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Soul Hygiene
My mom would be so proud of me. She has been gone now for 47 years, but I have to believe she is looking on from the Next Realm and smiling a proud, satisfied smile. You see for the past… Continue reading
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Blessing? Curse? You pick…
I heard a story on the radio last week that scared the beejeebers out of me. (Sorry for the strong language.) The report said that for the first time ever, scientists in a lab have edited a piece of human… Continue reading
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Help Me See
I need help. I need help with a lot of things, actually. I need help with exercise. Left to my own devices I probably wouldn’t do it with much regularity. So I exercise in a class with a group of… Continue reading
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Try to Remember…
“Sorry. I forgot.” Boy… If I had a dollar for every time those words have come out of my mouth, I would have a LOT of money. But then after I got that money, the challenge for me would be… Continue reading
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Caught in the rain
It happened again. We got caught in the rain. For the second time this week, my wife and I decided we would go ahead and take a hike… even though the weather forecast said rain was likely. And for the… Continue reading
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“Unprecedented”
For the past few days, I have been utterly hypnotized by the news coverage of the recent events in Houston, TX and the visit of Hurricane Harvey. I am guessing the fact that I have a son, daughter-in-law, and five… Continue reading
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Soul Sez…
So… how is it with your soul today? Tricky to tell sometimes, I know. Souls can be at peace. Souls can be unsettled and restless, like this guy here to the right. The one thing a soul CAN’T be is… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 