Dr. Rus’ Reflections on Life
Posted in Devotional Ideas on Sep 19th, 2007
I have a number of letters I can put both behind my name and in front of my name. I guess that comes with continuing education. While I would not trade my education for anything, I must admit there are times when I’ve wondered if all the educated people we have around us trying to [...]
Posted in Reflections on Life on Sep 18th, 2007
I just got back from picking up our middle son from work. As I pulled out of the driveway I noticed flashing lights along the side street we live on. A closer look revealed one police car with two other cars pulled over. Along the sidewalk, many others stopped to watch. Then, as I pulled [...]
Posted in Reflections on Life on Sep 13th, 2007
For years I’ve preached the fact that I do not believe in a separation of what many call the sacred and the secular. I believe such a division is made merely as a human reaction, and somehow flawed attempt, to describe the world as God might see it. However, reality is, God sees the world [...]
Posted in Reflections on Life on Sep 12th, 2007
The lazy days of summer are rapidly drawing to a close and soon the leaves will start turning as fall makes another cool entry. The changing seasons usually make me ponder the events of the previous season. Did I accomplish all I set out to do? Did I accomplish what I should have focused on [...]
Posted in Book Thoughts, Reflections on Life on Sep 10th, 2007
Thomas Merton always seemed to walk a tightrope of complicated thoughts, in the midst of a simple life. That’s probably why he wrote so much. It was a way to possibly un-clutter his mind and sort through all the varied thoughts, ideas and yes, even tensions he found present in his everyday life.
We live in [...]
Posted in Purpose And Destiny on Sep 8th, 2007
I was speaking with a Pastor friend of mine this weekend and we started talking about the journey. Reflecting on the past, looking toward the future, we pondered the journey and talked about sticking with it. The sad thing is, many don’t stick with the journey. People come and go for the oddest reasons. My [...]
Posted in Reflections on Life on Sep 5th, 2007
The boys started back to school today. That of course means the closing of yet another summer, and the opening of another autumn. While summer doesn’t officially end for a couple more weeks, heading back to school usually signifies the end of summer. And so it goes, the cycle of life, and my oh my [...]
Posted in Family, Reflections on Life on Sep 3rd, 2007
It really seems like a long lost phrase these days. There was a time when those words were regularly uttered around the dinner table at the end of the day. A time to gather together as a family, catch up on the events of the day, and look forward to the newness of the next.
But [...]
Posted in Purpose And Destiny, Reflections on Life on Sep 1st, 2007
This writing thing is really very interesting. As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry I’m currently reading a devotional book entitled A Year with Thomas Merton. The entry I just read seems so relevant, and yet also so irrelevant to my life. While Merton writes he is starting to read the book of Job, [...]
