Russellings of the Spirit

hope

  • TODAY’S FORECAST

    Sometimes it all just gets to be a little much, doesn’t it? I continue to wait in vain for the scales of justice to tip even minutely back toward balance. I ask; the rich CAN’T just continue getting richer, can… Continue reading

  • The Raging Inferno

    [WARNING: This post contains a graphic discussion of suicide. Please do not read if that subject disturbs you. Otherwise, you may proceed.] Some years ago, I was asked to officiate at the funeral of a man who had taken his… Continue reading

  • 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

  • The Work of Restoration

    [WARNING! The following is a heavily political post… infused, ideally, with sprinklings of Spirit at some point along the way. Proceed at your own risk.] I saw the handwriting on the wall long before going to bed Tuesday night. The reporting carried… Continue reading

  • More candles… more seeds

    I’d like to ask you to pause just for a moment and think about your home.  Not just the house you live in. But everything else that causes you to call it HOME.  What do you like about it? What… Continue reading

  • Knowing Who Wins

    [NECESSARY DISCLAIMER: Lots of sports stuff to follow. Yes, a nifty little Christ-following tie-in at the end, but sports stuff first.] Have I mentioned in this space that I am a huge fan of the National Football League and its… Continue reading

  • Hope for the Hopeless

    Here we are, at the end of August. In the universe of organized sports, this moment is a bit of an inflection point.  Basketball and hockey are still in hibernation for a while. (But seriously, does anyone care?) College football starts today… Continue reading

  • Defining Success

    What does success look like to you? If you are a parent, success might look like seeing your children grow into contented, confident adults. If you are a musician, success might look like performing a piece with passion and without… Continue reading

  • SAVED

    Passengers on the Titanic knew it. Jews living in the ghettos of Warsaw in 1939 knew it, too. No one knows it better today than the citizens of Ukraine. It certainly was a routine part of the consciousness of people… Continue reading

  • Excluded

    They were all there.  Standing close. Knowingly nudging each other. Laughing.  Sharing so much more than space and time. They were sharing themselves. It was the place I desperately wanted to be but couldn’t. I watched them and ached.  Left… Continue reading