Russellings of the Spirit

protest

  • Time for a jolt?

    As a child of the 60s, I’d like to think I know a thing or two about protests.  Granted, most of my participation in the anti-war or civil rights protests of that era consisted of watching them on TV from… Continue reading

  • A New World? Or a New Heart?

    The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind… If I had a hammer… To everything, turn, turn, turn… Abraham, Martin, and John… We’ve got to get out of this place… WAR! [UH! GRUNT!] What is it good for? (Absolutely… 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

  • INDIVISIBLE

    All that hard work for the last three months… and suddenly POOF! it’s done. As I write this, I have just finished singing with the Heartland Men’s Chorus in a concert called, “INDIVISIBLE: Songs of Remembrance and Resistance.”The weekend included… Continue reading

  • Help Me See

    I need help. I need help with a lot of things, actually. I need help with exercise. Left to my own devices I probably wouldn’t do it with much regularity. So I exercise in a class with a group of… Continue reading