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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The Way of Godliness

By Ron Boehme | April 12, 2022 |

I hope you have a blessed Holy Week celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus. He revealed God’s heart of love on the Cross and provided a way to be reconciled to Him.

The last few weeks we’ve discussed four qualities essential for achieving our God-given destinies. They are needed to traverse the pains and tribulations of the 21st century. Number five brings them all together.

In 2 Peter 1:6, Peter encourages us, “And to your perseverance, add godliness.”

What is the key to becoming a godly person?

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The Virtuous Life

By Ron Boehme | March 23, 2022 |

Nothing is more important to individuals or nations than the practice of virtue. The fact that the word seems outdated and foreign to us shows how far we have fallen from its power and beauty.

To navigate the coming new world and its challenges, we must return to the primacy of virtue.

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