Category Archives: Cultural Context

“But if Christ Be not Risen,” Part I: Resurrection ~ An End or a New Beginning?

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

The lengthening days, budding flowers, and warmer breezes remind us that the day many followers of Jesus refer to as “Resurrection Sunday” is rapidly approaching. For over 2,000 years, 

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Martha Jane Orlando Lends a Hand as Our Pilgrimage Continues

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Just ahead of sharing our guest blogger’s thoughts with you this, week, I’d like to take a moment, as well, to share a couple of thoughts from our current travels in Israel. As our pilgrimage through the

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Emptying Our Way to Fullness, Part 3 ~ A Question We ‘Should’ Ask – but Never Do

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Like me, have you also heard that various investigators and prosecutors are cautioned never to ask a question they don’t already know the answer to? I don’t know if that’s true, but if it is, it’s obviously intended to prevent 

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Emptying Our Way to Fullness, Part 2 ~ “Enough” Already

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

As we continue our new series on Emptying Our Way to Fullness, we see that in the process of teaching us things we need to know, often God’s first inclination is to 

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The Christmas Story Revisited, Part 5 ~ Magi, Miraculous Missions, and Madmen

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Seeing the title of this post in finalizing our series, The Christmas Story Revisited, probably has some of you wondering whether I forgot to look at my calendar. Did I not 

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The Christmas Story Revisited, Part 4 ~ Drop-in Visits, Shocking Announcements, and ‘News You Can Use’

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

As we’ve been making our journey back in time in our Christmas Story Revisited series, it appears that our current Christmas Day has been

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