Russellings of the Spirit

injustice

  • JUSTICE?

    I used to say I believed in justice.  But today? I’m not so sure. Please understand… I believe one hundred percent whole-heartedly in every person’s RIGHT to justice. I also believe in the principle that promises us justice will ultimately… Continue reading

  • “It’s Too Much!!”

    Stop a minute and take a look at this sidewalk.  Notice the flat center section? And then to either side of it, do you see the two slightly inclined sections? Two years ago, when my back pain was at its… Continue reading

  • 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

  • I Totally Missed It

    Here it is, the first day of March. Which means, I missed it completely. What I mean is, I missed the chance to say anything in this space during the month of February about the fact that it was Black History… Continue reading

  • Child of Privilege

    I remember the interview very well, even though it happened more than 30 years ago. It was an excellent job and I really wanted it. I had some of the necessary qualifications, but certainly not all. And yet, at the… Continue reading

  • Things I don’t have to do…

    “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Amos 5:24, NRSV In my life, there are a lot of things I HAVE to do. I have to help out around the house. I have to… Continue reading

  • The Magic Bullet

    Earlier today, I was busy in the kitchen, whipping up a new batch of my famous homemade granola. Before you get too excited about my domestic skills, it is literally one of four things I know how to make… and… Continue reading

  • Where is the Justice?

    For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. – Isaiah… Continue reading

  • Leashed Justice

    When it first happened, I felt kind of righteous and empowered. A little later, I began to be unsure. Later still I just felt bad. And more than a little ashamed of myself. You see, in my community here in… Continue reading