<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Russellbrothersjr.com]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Brokenness to Redemption]]></description><link>https://www.russellbrothersjr.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:21:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.russellbrothersjr.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Season I’m In]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, I attended two funerals. At this stage of life, that’s becoming more common than I’d like to admit. You begin to realize that life has seasons, and eventually you find yourself in one where reminders of time, loss, and eternity seem to arrive more often. Funerals have a way of making a man stop and think. Not about success. Not about possessions. Not about the things we once chased so hard. They make you think about what truly mattered. As I sat there listening to stories about the...]]></description><link>https://www.russellbrothersjr.com/post/the-season-i-m-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a175141f840e8662c438bcb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 20:19:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_df0ea9a854e045a28a6270229b9f3b1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>beechn6b</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Can’t Outrun Consequences—But Renewal Is Possible]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spring has always fascinated me. No matter how hard the winter was, the earth eventually begins to wake up again. Trees that looked dead begin to bud. Fields turn green. Flowers push through cold ground that only weeks earlier seemed lifeless. Renewal comes quietly. And every spring, I’m reminded how much that mirrors life itself. For a long time, I believed I could outrun the consequences of my choices. Like many people, I convinced myself that if I stayed busy enough, moved fast enough, or...]]></description><link>https://www.russellbrothersjr.com/post/you-can-t-outrun-consequences-but-renewal-is-possible</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a072eeb4187691eea841f3c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:37:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_d648a37e376349399a854d698009bfc8~mv2_d_5472_3648_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>beechn6b</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Week After Going Live]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s been about a week since the site went live. I wasn’t sure what to expect. When you put your name, your story, and pieces of your life out there—especially a life like mine—you don’t control how people respond. Some remember parts of the past. Some only know what they’ve read. And some are seeing a different side for the first time. That’s okay. In fact, that’s part of the reason I decided to do this in the first place. For most of my life, my story has been told in fragments—headlines,...]]></description><link>https://www.russellbrothersjr.com/post/a-week-after-going-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fdf0275bf92805eb5fb717</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:24:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4913a9876a1c439e8c00cac1400949b1.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>beechn6b</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Write a Book?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the course of my life, a lot has been written about me. Some of it started early—high school football, growing up in Nashville, the things people tend to notice when life is moving in the right direction. Later, the story changed. What followed was a very different kind of attention… the kind that comes with bad decisions, consequences, and a path that went further off course than I ever intended. That version of my life has been told many times. Newspapers, courts, conversations, and...]]></description><link>https://www.russellbrothersjr.com/post/finding-redemption-through-life-s-brokenness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f365187b1c42fb24efd30c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:20:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/40f241_f4b75566b94e430195811c7a2767dd34~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>beechn6b</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cost of Living My Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was a time in my life when things looked successful from the outside. Business was moving. Opportunities were there. I had access to people, places, and experiences that most would consider a good life. And for a while, I believed that too. I believed that if things were working outwardly, then everything must be fine inwardly. But that wasn’t the truth. What I was really doing was living life on my terms—making decisions based on what I thought I could manage, control, and justify. One...]]></description><link>https://www.russellbrothersjr.com/post/building-a-life-lessons-from-my-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f365127b1c42fb24efd2ff</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:20:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/40f241_d5f8403c37e9483dbf052b9c791eb8a8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>beechn6b</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Moment Everything Changed]]></title><description><![CDATA[People often ask if there was a single moment when everything changed. The honest answer is yes—and no. It wasn’t one flash of lightning or a dramatic event that suddenly made everything clear. It was quieter than that. Harder than that. It was the accumulation of consequences, reflection, and a realization I could no longer ignore. My way wasn’t working. For a long time, I had convinced myself I could manage things. Fix things. Outrun things. I believed that if I just made the right move,...]]></description><link>https://www.russellbrothersjr.com/post/overcoming-adversity-a-path-to-personal-success</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f3650d533c8cdf2db356aa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:19:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/40f241_4b04bd1837984cab8dcebaa5bc0f64e2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>beechn6b</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>