Russellings of the Spirit

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  • LOVE YOU, MOM

    When it comes to mothers worth celebrating (as we are prompted to do on the second Sunday of every May), I am bountifully blessed.  Due to several curious twists and turns along life’s road, I have hit the proverbial Maternal Motherlode.… Continue reading

  • WHEW! Home at Last!

    4,705 miles. And we ended up right back at the same spot where we started. Naturally, I am referring to the trip Joan and I just took to visit family and hang out in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.  We drove… Continue reading

  • Stepping Outside

    I was born in the year 1951. Besides making me INCREDIBLY old, it also means there were two bedrock truths I clung to with the ferocity of a baby opossum clinging to its mother’s back as she swims across a… Continue reading

  • My Own NGH List

    Last night the newly-crowned, 15-year-old champion of the show, American Ninja Warrior gazed earnestly into the camera and assured me, “Hey! If you can dream it and work hard, you can do ANYTHING!” “REALLY?” I replied, reaching to my left for another handful… Continue reading

  • Thank you, Von Trapps

    Last week – in fact, one week ago today – I climbed a mountain.  Literally. The name of the mountain was Horsetooth Rock. One look at it will explain where the name came from. Horsetooth is not a huge, hulking… Continue reading

  • Getting Uncomfortable

    Before Word #1 appears on this page, I have to settle in at my desk and get nice and comfortable. Before my car’s engine roars (politely) to life, I make sure I am quite comfortable there in the driver’s seat.… Continue reading

  • The Sound of Roadblocks

    Most of the time, we (maybe I should say “I”) misread roadblocks. It’s like the time my grandmother bought us a piano. I think I was eight or nine years old. Grandma thought that was the perfect age for me… Continue reading

  • Right? Or Wrong?

    In my life, I’ve been wrong about a lot of things. In the sixth grade, I told Marsha Westbrook I was going to marry her. As this early 90s photo of me and my dad demonstrates, I once thought pleated… Continue reading

  • Celebrating Women in Ministry

    From watching the TODAY Show this morning, I learned that today – October 11 – is the International Day of the Girl. Seems like something I should have known already. I hope you won’t take offense at being called girls,… Continue reading

  • The Final Quarter

    Joan and I drove to my stepdaughter’s house in Ft. Collins, Colorado the other day. This involved driving across the entire state of Kansas, east to west, and then half the state of Colorado. It is a trip of roughly… Continue reading