Russellings of the Spirit

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  • The Eternal NOW

    Devoting too much of my mind to an imagined future leads to anxiety or anger or both. Devoting too much of my mind to a bygone past leads to resentment or arrogance or both.  My challenge today is to learn… Continue reading

  • Finding Our Way

    Hi there! Remember me? It has been WAY too long since I have shown my face here in the friendly confines of WordPress land. So, I want to begin by trying to explain my non-writing sins. You see, Joan and… Continue reading

  • My Christmas of Shame

    As the Christmas of my 12th year approached, I wanted a Sting-Ray bike so badly I could taste it. “Everybody has one,” I told my parents, although I’m not sure that was technically true. There were probably one or two 12-year-olds in… Continue reading

  • Waxing Nostalgic

    Remember the “good old days”? You know… back in January 2020… … back when we watched movies in movie theaters, went to church in church buildings, when kids went to school in school buildings, when we watched live concerts and… Continue reading

  • Becoming or Being?

    I live in the Midwestern part of the U.S. It is the part of the country where we have four separate, distinct seasons… according to some. You see, I used to say that we just had two seasons; summer and… Continue reading

  • The idol of safety

    They were just sitting there at their table in that Waffle House… chatting, drinking coffee, and reliving adventures from earlier that night. They were just out for a stroll on the sidewalk on an unseasonably beautiful spring day… drinking in… Continue reading