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Facing Up to a Few Things

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

My wife and I are greeters at our church, and we absolutely love doing that. But as the pandemic paranoia unfolded, I realized that my role as a greeter began to feel different. It wasn’t that I didn’t still love … Continue reading →

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Golgotha ~ Where “Nothing” Becomes Everything

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

And He [Jesus], bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday ~ Making It Personal

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

As many of you know, Diane and I have just returned from a two-week pilgrimage to Israel, the Holy Land. Now that we’re back home, a mountain of memories and spiritually significant experiences are 

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Sometimes God Saves the Best for Last

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

In the midst of all kinds of things to be anxious and upset about, God always manages to insert reasons to pause and have a 

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Confronting the Unknowns

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Confronting the unknown can be a frightening experience. It challenges that comforting sense of control that we love. Being unprepared for whatever we think might be coming our way undermines the 

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Time to Deploy Our Non-Carnal Arsenal

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

War is shocking. The images and stories that emerge from it leave us stunned and speechless. Emotions impossible to accurately describe assail us when 

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