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Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 3 ~ “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
It’s hard to believe that we’re at week 3 of our Revisiting the Christmas Story series for 2025. And it’s difficult to approach this week’s session without thinking about
Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 2 ~ Nazareth to Bethlehem
In last week’s Part 1 edition, we were ‘re-introduced’ to Mary, the most uniquely blessed woman in human history, and found her to be quite different from
Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 1 ~ Introducing Mary
AS the Christmas season approached last year, we invited our readers to join us in making a mental journey back to 1st Century Israel. Our intention was to
A Name for that Day after “Black Friday”
Given our proclivity for applying names to certain otherwise ordinary days, I’m not surprised that someone decided to
Posted in Cultural Context, Faith, Family, and Culture, Humor Turned to Insight, Insights, Right Side Up, Thanksgiving
Tagged A Name for That Day after "Black Friday", Black Friday, Gallagher's Pen, Right Side Up Thinking in an Upside Down World, Ron Gallagher, Small Business Saturday, The Word dwelt among us, The Word was God
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Gratitude ~ Generosity’s Activating Ingredient
Surprisingly, contemplation of the arrival of another Thanksgiving in a fews days brought together two totally disconnected experiences I used to love as a kid. One was
Posted in Devotional, Faith, Family, and Culture, Humor Turned to Insight, Insights, Right Side Up, Thanksgiving
Tagged Gallagher's Pen, Generosity, Gratitude ~ Generosity's Activating Ingredient, I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, Right Side Up Thinking in an Upside Down World, Ron Gallagher, Thanksgiving
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Happy “5th” of July!! 🎉 🎉 🎉
The smell of charcoal and the smoke from exploding fireworks was still lingering as this post went out, and a few grills and griddles might even still
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