Category Archives: Wake Up Calls

The Thief Comes to Steal . . . But to Steal What?

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

A few weeks ago, some unusual burglaries were making the news. One thing that sets them apart from the run-of-the-mill break-ins that

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Different Team ~ Greater Impact

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

My wife and I have been doing something recently that we haven’t done together since the Covid years. We’ve been experiencing that special intimacy that comes when a couple gets

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What Did ‘You’ Do With It?

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Unless you live in a cave somewhere that doesn’t have wi-fi, you’ve probably noticed that the 47th President and his team are actually 

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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 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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