Author Archives: Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

About Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Author, Speaker, Bible Teacher, Humorist, Satirist, Blogger ... "Right Side Up Thinking ~ In an Upside Down World" For Ron's full bio, go to GallaghersPen.com/about/

Love’s Greatest Hallmark

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

With Valentine’s Day only a few days away, we couldn’t post today’s edition without dealing with some aspect of love. After all, I wouldn’t want to be written off as some kind of Love Scrooge or 

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Flirting with Disaster

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Well, the prophetic groundhog in Pennsylvania has apparently condemned us to six more weeks of winter, so there go our fantasies of an early spring. But the good news is that Valentine’s Day is still coming up soon, and we … Continue reading →

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Another Visit into Uncharted Territory

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Sometimes without warning we can find ourselves thrown into unfamiliar territory and our usual defensive maneuvers are either unavailable or don’t seem to be working. Obviously, that isn’t some 

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Life Isn’t the Only Thing God Sanctified

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Sometimes when we’re confronted with commenting on a sensitive issue, there’s a tendency to sort of ease into it gently, but we’re not choosing that route this time. Today we’ll just 

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Solving the “Priority Puzzle”

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

During our time in Alaska a number of years ago, I noticed that for some reason that was totally foreign to me, lots of folks seemed to enjoy putting jigsaw puzzles together. They apparently 

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Fasting and Prayer ~ A Combination Loaded with Unexpected Nourishment

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Some things just go together. That’s not to say that you can’t have them separately, but somehow it just doesn’t seem quite right. I was reminded of that when my wife and I were on a road trip to visit

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