Category Archives: Wake Up Calls

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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And Now, Today’s Weather …

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

The south-central Virginia town I grew up in was small, but it boasted having one of the most powerful AM radio stations in the region, and in my teen years, my 

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Question for You ~ Part 3, Not Just “What Have You Done?”, but “What Will You Do Now?”

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

To say the least, today’s post is totally different from what I had anticipated a couple of weeks ago. When I initially launched into this three-part series with God’s first question to Adam and Eve, “Where Are You?”, my objective … Continue reading →

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