Russellings of the Spirit

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  • Did You Notice?

    Sometimes it is easier not to notice.  I’m not talking about merely SEEING… skimming briskly across the surface, dipping in a toe here, then here… … absorbing just enough substance from which to fashion a quip, a comment, a post…… Continue reading

  • Lent and the GTS

    I miss Facebook. You see, my chosen Lenten discipline this year was pursuing a fast (i.e., a period of intentional self-denial) from Facebook. Facebook had become something I found myself being sucked into WAAAAY too often. I rationalized that I used… Continue reading

  • Pray a Prayer of Peace

    With everything going on in the world today, I know your prayer list is probably full to overflowing.  But I wonder… can I coax you into squeezing ONE MORE group of people onto it? Just for today? Please? Can I… Continue reading

  • Happy Anniversary, Sweetie

    Earlier this week, we celebrated an anniversary. It was the third anniversary of Joan joyfully and triumphantly ringing the brass bell that marked the end of her chemotherapy and the beginning of her remission from cancer. It has been a… Continue reading

  • Risky Business

    What do you consider the riskiest thing you have ever done? Back in the early 90s, I started my own business. It was a little advertising and public relations agency based in Kansas City. But here’s the thing: I really… Continue reading

  • “I want it. I’ll take it.”

    “How is it with your soul?” This is the question John Wesley – founder of Methodism – recommended leaders of small groups go around and ask each member as they began their weekly gatherings.   Today, I will ask it of… Continue reading

  • Who… not WHERE

    Where matters. I think we can all agree on that, can’t we? But HOW MUCH does it – or should it – matter? That question might provoke some lively banter among us. By WHERE, of course, I am talking about… Continue reading

  • Not Schmeople!

    Look at this cool seashell I found! Have you ever seen anything like it? Of course you have. That was a silly thing to say. But I’ll wager you haven’t seen a ton of them. Landlubbers like me don’t get… Continue reading

  • A Bad Case of the Neat Freaks

    “But you’re doing it ALL WRONG!” I yelled at my younger brother… my face turning red, my eyeballs bulging, and little jets of steam curling out of my nostrils. The subject was Lincoln Logs. The project was trying to build… Continue reading

  • Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma…

    I once knew a guy.  We called him, “The Chameleon.” Cham (pronounced “CAM”) for short. We called him that because of his great talent for effortlessly blending into his surroundings.  If you were ever to ask him, “Who are you?”… Continue reading