Dolly Parton: Character Lessons from the Life of an American Original

By Ron Boehme | September 2, 2026 |
Approximately 165,000 people die every day around the world.  That’s 60 million people a year, 7000 per hour, 117 a minute, and two per second. 
 
If Saint Peter meets believers in Jesus at the Pearly Gates, then when Dolly Parton passed into eternity on August 25, 2026, his words of welcome might have included:
 
Hello, Dolly! Well done good and faithful servant (Matthew 25:21).
 
Humor aside, Dolly Parton was a believer in Jesus who is now in God’s presence (2 Corinthians 5:8). She lived a larger-than-life existence that only could have happened in the United States of America. 
 
What can we learn from her life?
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C.S. Lewis on Evil (and Hell)

By Ron Boehme | January 28, 2026 |

With so much evil being witnessed today due to social media and 24/7 news coverage, I thought it would be vital to discuss the essence of evil and its just end–the reality of hell.

Two people died in the “insurrection” in Minneapolis and at least 40,000 have been murdered in the freedom protests in Iran. Evil is awash in our world even as God is redeeming multitudes through salvation in Jesus.

What is evil? And is hell justified for evildoers? 

Maybe C.S. Lewis can enlighten us.

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God’s Cocoon and Life’s Greatest Lesson

By Ron Boehme | December 31, 2025 |

Happy New Year everyone. May God richly bless you in 2026.

The older I get the more friends I see pass into eternity. I also pray for more people with life-threatening conditions. You may be aware that well-known political pundit Victor Davis Hanson had major surgery this past weekend. We are asking God to give him more years of “imparting wisdom.”

I, too, am facing a new physical challenge (related to my autoimmune system). These physical “tests” in the last chapters of earthly life remind me of “Life’s Greatest Lesson.” 

Here’s what I mean. 

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