Category Archives: Christmas

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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The Christmas Story Revisited, Part 3 ~ Oh Little Hometown of Bethlehem

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

It’s hard to believe that we’re at week 3 of our Revisiting the Christmas Story series for 2024. And it’s difficult to approach this week’s session without thinking about

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The Christmas Story Revisited, Part 2 ~ Nazareth to Bethlehem

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

In last week’s edition, we were ‘re-introduced’ to Mary, the most uniquely blessed woman in human history, and found her to be quite different from 

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The Christmas Story Revisited, Part 1 ~ Introducing Mary

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

     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

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

Posted on December 30, 2023 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Seeing the title of this post probably has some of you wondering whether I forgot to look at my calendar. Did I not notice that Christmas happened earlier this week? And according to the “traditional” Christmas story, 

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

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

As we’ve been making our journey with you back in time in our Christmas Story Revisited series, it appears that our 

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