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Beware the sinister sort!
I apologize if this question is too personal, but I am going to forge ahead and ask it anyway: how is your memory? I ask because I find that mine is betraying me more these days than it ever has.… Continue reading
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“You’re FIRED!! “
Have you ever been fired from a job? I don’t mean “Sorry, Russell, but we’ve got to let you go because of a downturn in economic conditions.” I mean FIRED. As in, “Dude, we thought you would be good at… Continue reading
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Final Exam
Urgent: [ˈərjənt] Adjective. calling for immediate attention: PRESSING Today I am thinking back to that time when urgency seemed to rule my life. It was a time when everything had to be done RIGHT NOW! Nothing could wait. It was a… Continue reading
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Am I Essential?
On March 25, the governor of Colorado issued an official, legally binding, mandatory, “Stay at Home” order to try and help stop the spread of the COVID-19 disease that is now ravaging the country. As retired persons, this order did… Continue reading
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Change is Good?
I preach change all the time. When some flavor of change seems to be looming on the horizon, I find scripture to cite to assure folks that God is not just GOOD with change but often actually goes out of his… Continue reading
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It’s Closing In!
I’m not going to lie… I am more than a little bit scared. There is a date looming on my calendar that ties my stomach into the kind of knots only a Boy Scout could master. What is the nature… Continue reading
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Game on!
Do you like to compete? Some people do… and some people (I understand) don’t. And it seems as if for those who do like to compete, EVERYTHING is a competition. Heck, I once knew a guy who was so competitive he… Continue reading
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S is for Significance
(This post is the third in a series. Recently, my mentor/counselor/friend suggested I create an acrostic from the letters of my name as a way of claiming my God-given identity.) JOAN: (my spouse of 18 years and winner of the… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 