Russellings of the Spirit

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  • Studies in Entropy

    I’m not going to lie; this morning’s workout class HURT!  It was the same, Monday-and-Wednesday class I do every week. The class is called Forever Fit and as the name clearly implies, it is clearly a workout class for OLD PEOPLE. So, you… Continue reading

  • The Unbreakable Bubble

    Check this out… Shortly after moving to Fort Collins, CO, Joan and I were walking the dogs in nearby Fossil Creek Park. It was early December, but snow had yet to make an appearance. As we approached the base of… Continue reading

  • Watch Your Eyes!

    Today, for the first time in a jillion years, I got new glasses. Not just new lenses. New frames, too.  And if I do say so myself, they are pretty danged snazzy.  All of which made me pause and think… Continue reading

  • The Enemy Within

    Raised voices. Shaken fists. Popped forehead veins. Tensed muscles. We all recognize the signals of anger. We have seen it at work many times before; in ourselves and in others. We are seeing overwhelming amounts of it in our nation’s… Continue reading

  • The Eye of God

    Beneath his mask of anger, bluff, and bluster, God sees… God sees the fearful, insecure child hiding inside. Beneath the surface of the spreader of careless gossip, God sees… God sees the fragile, wounded heart, yearning to belong. Beneath the… Continue reading

  • Lockdown Freedom

    Yesterday kind of sucked. It was day 4,845,154 of the Great Lockdown of 2020 (not that anyone is counting, of course). It was another day of wearing our masks in public, another day of super-fastidious hand washing, another day of… Continue reading

  • Short and Sweet

    “For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust. As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and… Continue reading

  • The Path

    “To know me…” my friend Rick used to say, always with a sly smirk, “… is to love me.” And for most of us, that certainly is the logical order of things. Step 1: Get to know someone. Or something.… Continue reading

  • Outside in

    Here where I live, today is a good day to be inside. Though it is bright and sunny, it is also cold… like 25 degrees cold. And so even as I practice gratitude for my ability to be sheltered from… Continue reading

  • Maintenance Man

    If it is out, I need to put it away. If it is crinkled, I need to iron it. If it is dirty, I need to clean it. If it is untidy, I need to tidy it. If it is… Continue reading