Tag Archives: Gallagher’s Pen

Shifting Gears

Occasionally, my talks with God go off in unplanned directions, and I find myself caught up in a concept or principle that I can’t let go of because 

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Holding On with Both Hands

My wife and I serve as greeters at our church, and in the midst of enjoying exchanging smiles and greetings with folks last Sunday, I happened to notice a

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Promises Made ~ Promises Kept

I don’t know how many times I’ve sung the old hymn, “Standing on the Promises,” but for me,  it’s been a part of my worship of God that has 

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Corruption ~ Freedom’s Terminal Diagnosis

It’s that red-white-and-blue Independence Day time again, time to unpack the beach wear, fire up the barbeque, and get ready for the annual parade of 

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Disrupting the Power of Regret

Before wrapping up our series focusing on Being Spiritual Disrupters, at least temporarily, there’s one more issue I feel compelled to address, and the lyrics of an old song offer a 

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Disrupting Complacency

As I was contemplating this fourth edition of our Being Spiritual Disrupters series, a conversation I had decades ago unexpectedly came to mind. It was one of those brief, rather mundane and insignificant exchanges that 

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