Russellings of the Spirit

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  • What I’ve Learned Recently…

    It is totally possible: That when things happen to you and you describe them as “unwelcome,” or “weird,” or “unexpected,”  or even “disastrous,” that these events actually conform perfectly to God’s will. It is equally possible: That when things happen in… Continue reading

  • The Superhero Next Door

    I see the next big superhero movie is about to hit the multiplexes near us very soon. “I see” as in, “I had my eyes open and somehow did not miss one of the 4,862 recent airings of the trailer.”… Continue reading

  • Beloved

    It happened again. Sunday morning… there we all were; about 10 minutes before the worship service was scheduled to begin. I walked in, set my stuff down, and made my way back down the brown-carpeted center aisle – exchanging pleasantries… Continue reading

  • James? or David?

    What do you do when your world is out of whack? This morning I woke up with a nasty head cold. It feels like someone snuck in during the night and stuffed my head full of cotton while I was… Continue reading

  • The Path He Chose

    Want to see the future? In a way, I think we all do. I would like to know – for example – when the Kansas City Royals will next play relevant baseball in the month of October… or which stocks… Continue reading

  • My own Facebooklessness

    Something had to change. And it had to change soon. I would compare the feeling I was dealing with to the very earliest nibblings of an oncoming head cold… you know; those times when you know something is a little… Continue reading

  • Third Rails

    Walking away from my mailbox Saturday, I thought back to August 2013. That was when the United States Postal Service – as a cost-saving move – proposed doing away with the Saturday delivery of mail. If you think back, you… Continue reading

  • Viriditas

    It’s happening. Can you feel it? If you stand REEEEEEALLLY still and cock your head a little to the left you can almost hear the new blades of grass shoving against the soil. In a few places around my yard,… Continue reading

  • The Child Within

    He sees so much, sitting there Perched on the edge of my soul. An avalanche of wonder cascades On… in… around his open, receptive eyes. He misses nothing. He is a bridge. He is a lighthouse. He is the key… Continue reading

  • Hardness of Heart

    Mitch Teemley Do you suffer from Hardness of Heart? Millions do. In fact, HOH is the world’s number one preventable cause of spiritual death. Progressive symptoms include but are not limited to: dull ears and dim eyes (Isaiah 6:10), darkened… Continue reading