Category Archives: Wake Up Calls

Wanted ~ A Vaccine for the Next Plague

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

As our “todays” continue to drag into familiar repetitions of the “yesterdays” that preceded them, multitudes across the land and around the world struggle to find reasons for optimism and hope. Recent attempts to insert a positive note with talk … Continue reading →

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Time to Leave the Grave Clothes in the Tomb

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

My personal conviction is that there aren’t any humanoid creatures living on Mars, or any other planet for that matter. I’m pretty sure, though, that if there are any out there, they’ve probably heard of the coronavirus by now and … Continue reading →

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Resurrection’s Painful Prerequisite

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

The winner of the 1980 Boston Marathon made the news in an unusual way back then. Many noticed that the woman who came in first with a new course record looked remarkably fresh and unflustered, and it was ultimately discovered … Continue reading →

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Going Viral ~ A Better Way

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

If you have big plans for the weekend, my advice would be to just scrap the whole idea. If whatever fun outing you had in mind involves some kind of public event, it has probably been cancelled already and if … Continue reading →

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Is That for Sale, Too?

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Though it may not always be spoken out loud, there’s a question making the rounds these days. That question is whether the leadership of the free world is for sale. Can the most powerful position in the country, and probably … Continue reading →

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Relationships ~ Reaching Higher by Going Deeper Series, Week 3

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

~ Going Deeper in Relationships ~ As we began the new year, we extended a challenge to “launch out into the deep” and applied the phrase as a metaphor to encourage leaving the safe familiarity of the shallows and risk … Continue reading →

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