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Another Look at Kindness ~ A Virtue Worth Reviving

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Some time ago I wrote about an event that I found intriguing. It was a simple matter of my wife going out of her way on a busy day to turn aside and offer help to a woman sitting in … Continue reading →

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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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A Plague With an Ultimate Cure

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Like millions of others here and around the world, my wife and I greet the sunrise of every new day with a familiar list of questions regarding the viral plague enveloping our nation and threatening many others. Has there been … Continue reading →

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What If … It All Went Away?

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

I didn’t grow up going to church, so much of what was in the Bible was new to me, and some of it was really perplexing. For instance, why in the world would any reasonable, sober parent ever name a … Continue reading →

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