Monthly Archives: April 2022

It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

God seems to love finding those times when He can unexpectedly show up in our lives and deliver a message without requiring a single word to be uttered by anyone. He seemed to be on a roll with

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Facing Up to a Few Things

My wife and I are greeters at our church, and we absolutely love doing that. But as the pandemic paranoia unfolded, I realized that my role as a greeter began to feel different. It wasn’t that I didn’t still love … Continue reading

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Golgotha ~ Where “Nothing” Becomes Everything

And He [Jesus], bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the … Continue reading

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Palm Sunday ~ Making It Personal

As many of you know, Diane and I have just returned from a two-week pilgrimage to Israel, the Holy Land. Now that we’re back home, a mountain of memories and spiritually significant experiences are 

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Is Today the Day? ~ Guest Post by J.D. Wininger

As this edition of Gallagher’s Pen goes out, Diane and I are wrapping up a pilgrimage that is unquestionably the trip of a lifetime for both of us. We’ve been blessed to be in the land that Jesus called 

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