Encouraging Words in a Discouraging World You have messed up at times in your life. You may feel you have messed up your entire life. It’s not about the size of your mistakes. It’s about the size of your God. These devotions will help you discover the bigness of the love and forgiveness from a big God. This same God, who made a world of difference in the lives of others, can make the same difference in your world. This difference will cause you to never be the same. These devotions will help you experience God’s love and forgiveness each day in a different way. Ron P. Wallace graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science degree and was a starting defensive end for the Seminoles football team. He received a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a major in Theology and completed additional graduate work at Oxford University in Oxford, England. Ron’s ministerial background includes senior pastorates in Louisiana and Georgia. He is also a speaker at Bible conferences, retreats, revivals, and seminars. His business background includes corporate training for national corporations and governmental organizations. He also trained extensively in England and Wales. Ron’s ministerial and corporate backgrounds allow him to see the mountain highs and valley lows people encounter in everyday life. It is Ron’s desire to encourage those who experience difficult trials and heartbreaks in life. He writes from personal experiences in his own life, including the tragic death of his wife, Dianne, in the midst of parenting three children. A few years later, Ron married the former Lois Jane Huddleston who experienced the death of her husband earlier in her life. Lois Jane is a Christian singer and women’s conference speaker who travels extensively throughout the United States. She has recorded over thirty projects and participated in over one thousand revivals and Bible conferences. Lois Jane is also a published songwriter. Contact information: www.ronwallaceministries.com &amp; www.loisjane.com.

Encouraging Words in a Discouraging World: 365 Daily Devotional Readings

Religion & Spirituality

Ron Wallace

Christian Books & Bibles

Tim P. Taylor

In 1830 the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek would force the Choctaw People to begin their long sad walk along their Trail of Tears. Soon afterward the Cherokees would be forced down their own trail as well, while other Native Peoples were being moved from all across the country into Indian Territory. Over hundreds of miles in the dead of winter, entire tribes were torn from their native lands and moved to a wild and unsettled country. Death and disillusionment became the commonplace order of the day, but ultimately these proud people would overcome the trauma and heartache and give this new land a new name taken from the Choctaw language. This place would become Oklahoma - a land of Red People. This is the land of which Ron Wallace speaks so proudly in his book, Native Son (American Poems From the Heart of Oklahoma). I feel the native pull of the land to my feet even now, / each time the redtail soars above me, / each time the bobcat or the fox crosses the open road / and disappears into the wild around me. He writes passionately of his love for family and friends and a set of values they and the land have instilled within him. He records the histories in the old way of father to son to grandson, and in so doing speaks for the universal nature of Oklahomans. A reader soon knows without a doubt, he writes from his heart, especially when he speaks of this state, which would give birth to a new strength in its people. In this land schools would be built, churches and democratic governments would arise with Native American men and women like a Phoenix from the ashes. Mr. Wallace captures this spirit in his poetry, a poetry of America, the common man, the laborers and educators, the red and white men and women who make up this great nation, this great state. It has become an integrated culture of many races, a culture seeking enlightenment and advancement while holding fast to a storied past and a history that made them strong. In his poem, Southern Thunder , he writes: There is a certain comfort in knowing / that we are a part of the land / both literally and figuratively, / that we become the roots, the anchors / holding worlds in place / strengthening the present with the past. This state with all its tribes, its many diverse peoples, rose up from the Great Depression and helped to reform the most powerful nation in the world. The Long Walks, the Trails of Tears, the Dust Bowl, the train of oppressive wars had taught this place how to carve a path through the most difficult times. It was the indomitable spirit of this Red Man s Land that helped forge this mightiest of countries. Such men as these could not be ignored. They lifted themselves, and with themselves, they lifted a state, an entire nation. In the words of the poetry here, you will find the hearts and the souls of the men and women. I am Oklahoma born, a native son / a part of the land The words of this work will carry themselves across even more generations. Like so many other great Oklahomans, Ron Wallace will make you feel the pride and passion, the history and honor of this place we call home, America, Oklahoma (Red People). Chief Gregory E. Pyle Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Native Son: American Poems from the Heart of Oklahoma

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

TJMF Publishing

Centered in the plains of Oklahoma, this powerful collection of poetry by Ron Wallace invites us to his country where red-tailed hawks circle a landscape made real by the grace of his writing, writing that comes from his soul. ....................................... Billie Letts New York Times best-selling author of Where the Heart Is and her newest work Made in the USA, winner of the Walker Percy and the Oklahoma Book Awards.

I Come from Cowboys and Indians

In this remarkable little book, Ron Wallace plays the role of the tribal storyteller, taking us into the minds and hearts of those American men who played out the drama that was the Battle of Gettysburg, the pivotal event in the war. Unlike the storytellers of the ancient world who kept the hearts of the epic heroes about whom they wove their stories on the level of myth, Ron Wallace takes us into the minds of the men of Gettysburg, the actual historical figures as well as those he creates, and gives each of them a heart we can understand. And, in that understanding, we come to "feel" the Battle of Gettysburg as the men did who were there. It is one thing to know the facts and statistics and sequence of events in historic confrontations. It is another thing to know the fear and despair and hopes of the men whose names are part of those statistics and events. That is the wondrous achievement of this book. Wallace has an encyclopedic knowledge of the battle and the people in it: the personal relationships of the leaders of both the federal and confederate forces, life-long friendships now challenged by personal confrontations on the battlefield. He knows where in the chaos of the fighting John Burns is relative to John Reynolds; why Buford had reason to hope that his small band of cavalrymen could successfully defend the high ground; the angst of Longstreet, who saw the catastrophe coming but could not convince Lee of the folly of his decision; the arrogance and indecision of Meade; the battles within the battle -- Little Round Top, Cemetery Ridge, Pickett's charge; Chamberlain's desperation leading to his heroic decision to swing a gate down the hillside and, not only carry the day on Little Round Top, but preserve the victory for the entire Union army. And, like the storytellers of old, Wallace sets the stories of these men in an almost mythic world, where a marble angel, keeper of the peace at Gettysburg, stands and watches, hour after hour, day after day, the slaughter of men and horses and the shredding of the social fabric or her country for centuries to come. It is through the blending of his unique poetic style and his uncanny ability to take us into the minds of the men of Gettysburg that Wallace tells this oft told story and we listen, as if we were hearing it for the first time. In this little book, we see how poetry enhances history, and in that enhancement, gives events such as the Battle of Gettysburg the aura of myth.

Smoke and Stone: Voices of Gettysburg

A must-read for political candidates and anyone considering running for public office, Power of the Campaign Pyramid, by Ron Wallace and Wesley McCall, offers a proven step-by-step process for winning elections at the local and statewide level. For first-time candidates and veteran politicians alike, election season poses a bewildering gauntlet of challenges: organizing a campaign team, fundraising, filing deadlines, finance laws, voter outreach, speechwriting, interaction with the news media, and fending off opponents' attacks. It's no wonder so many candidates spend buckets of money and personal energy, and yet still fail to galvanize the electorate in their favor. There is a better way. In this one-of-a-kind new release, campaign consultants Wallace and McCall distill years of hard-won experience into a clear, concise, common-sense prescription for running an efficient, effective campaign and winning elections. With real-world examples, they explain how to identify and connect with the most important segment of voters, how to optimize the use of social media, and how to build and lead a winning campaign team. Throughout the book, the authors advocate for running a campaign based on honesty, fairness, facts, and integrity, a timely and welcome rejoinder to politics as usual.

Power of the Campaign Pyramid: Hope is Not a Strategy

Politics & Social Sciences

Wesley McCall

Politics & Government

Farcountry Press