Christmas
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Back to the Grind
All I can say today is a loud, “Whew!” Another Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year/Hannaukah/Kwaanza/Festivus season has come and gone and has successfully wrung me out like a wet dishrag. And just to make things extra merry and bright, this year Joan and… Continue reading
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Special Delivery
“In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:6, NRSV The doorbell rang. I hopped up from my place on the couch, headed over to the front door to open it. No one was there, of course.… Continue reading
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Christmas Difference
Christmas 2019 is going to be very different for me from most Christmases in my recent memory. For one thing, Joan and I will celebrate this Christmas in a whole different part of the country. That is because on November… Continue reading
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No magic wand
Have you ever played the “magic wand” game? That’s the game where someone says to you, “If you could wave a magic wand and change ONE THING about your life, what would it be?” If you are anything like me,… Continue reading
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Tree of Light
Yes, it’s true. Today is January 24 and our Christmas tree is still up. Fully decorated and lighted. Know what else? It will probably be up for another two days. Every other scrap of indoor and outdoor Christmas décor has… Continue reading
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Christmas Past?
And… it’s done. It is back to being the wet winter world full of car horns, dry cleaning, bare trees, and muddy footprints I always thought it was. It is the 26th. And today all the dreamy blurred edges and… Continue reading
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War? Seriously?
You have to admit, without hearing daily casualty counts it is hard to tell how the war is going. No… I’m not talking about the war on terror, or the Afghan war, or the perpetual state of war and unrest… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 