Russellings of the Spirit

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  • Daring to Follow

    I just tried an experiment on Facebook to see what might happen. I didn’t originally intend to make this experiment the topic of a blog post, but the results were so interesting I just had to share them with y’all.… Continue reading

  • Give it up

    Here in the U.S., we sing proudly about being citizens of, “The land of the free and the home of the brave.” And yet most of the time we define freedom as “my right to do whatever I damned well… Continue reading

  • Visions of Love

    “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”  John 15:13, NRSV HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! Welcome to the day set aside on the calendar to celebrate one of history’s epic distortions of reality. I give you Exhibit… Continue reading

  • Uncommonly Common

    If there is one thing we have proved conclusively in this country, it is that, contrary to the old saying, what’s good for the goose is NOT necessarily also good for the gander. At least that’s what the gander seems… Continue reading

  • The Overmow

    “… outdo one another in showing honor.”                                    Romans 12:10, NRSV My next-door neighbor and I are in a competition. Not that I’m keeping score or anything, but I think I just went ahead by one earlier today. (Self… Continue reading

  • The Power of Commitment

    It is admittedly a little odd to peer inside my head today and see the two things taking up most of the space there: The Kansas City Chiefs football team, and… Martin Luther King, Jr. The Chiefs are there because… Continue reading

  • An Amazing Rescue

    I can’t even imagine what that must have been like. There you are; riding your bike home from a soccer practice when someone in the group suggests that you turn off the road and head into a nearby local park.… Continue reading

  • Remembering. And Giving Thanks

    When you grow up – as I did – in the state of Ohio, a mere one state east of the state of Indiana, Memorial Day only meant ONE THING: listening to the Indianapolis 500 auto race on the radio.… Continue reading

  • Why Not the Cross?

    WIIFM. No. Those are not the call letters of a new radio station on the FM dial. It is also not a funny way of saying the word for the goal of a baseball pitcher when facing an opposing batter.… Continue reading

  • THE PURSUIT OF SAFETY

    Let’s talk about safety for a minute… Are you safe? Why? Why not? If you do NOT feel safe right now, what would it take to make you feel safe? What are the things that cause your sense of safety… Continue reading