Russellings of the Spirit

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  • Can’t We Be Friends?

    Any fans of the TV show “FRIENDS” out there? Millions of us tuned in every week between 1994 and 2004 to watch the antics of Ross, Chandler, Rachel, Phoebe, Monica, Joey and their madcap, interwoven lives.  I was not a… 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

  • Is Jesus Offensive Enough?

    Why did Jesus have to die? It is a great question… one that has been and will be grappled with in churches around the world. For one eloquent, detailed, and passionate answer to this question, I cannot recommend highly enough this… Continue reading

  • Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild

    “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild.”  That is the Jesus I was taught about in Sunday school as a very young boy. I think I might have even learned a song with that phrase as the title. He was the Jesus… Continue reading

  • A Dog’s Weltanschauung

    Patrick is doing a lot better, thanks. To clarify… Patrick is our dog. He is a 10-year-old Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier. There he is, on the right… Joan and I have had Patrick since he was about a year and a half… Continue reading

  • Test Time!

    What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading

  • Test Time!

    What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading

  • All Manner of Beauty

    Tucked away up in the far, far northwest corner of the state of Montana, Glacier National Park is a dazzling jewel. With its rugged, snow-capped mountains, jade green glacier-fed lakes and its bulging encyclopedia of wildlife, this park stands alone… Continue reading

  • Loving Grey Civic Guy

    There was barely enough space between me and the Subaru Outback station wagon just in front of me. But apparently the guy driving the grey Honda Civic there on my left interpreted the phrase “barely enough space” a bit differently… Continue reading

  • Memorial Day musings

    Today I am re-blogging a post from my blogosphere friend Karla with thoughts on the significance of this Memorial Day holiday. Let us all take a moment to remember and thank those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.… Continue reading