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    Eli: Blind Man Walking
    Eli: Blind Man Walking
    Eli: Blind Man Walking
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    Eli: Blind Man Walking

    By Ronald Lee Weagley

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    Robes, uniforms, and discipline respected, Dr. Weagley served his country in the US Army as a Morse code operator in East Africa, the US Navy Reserve as a chaplain, and subsequently his church as a believer.
    He labored in several business-world settings, studied in numerous academic institutions obtaining multiple degrees, served in the non-profit service for the church as an administrator executivepresident of a retirement community, CEO of a parochial school, director of a social service systemand the family served in parish ministry together.
    In 2007, Dr. Weagley, (an ordained minister in the Lutheran Church in America) contracted his arch foe turned guardian dark angelGuillain-Barre Syndromea paralyzing virus. Mobility restricted, he turned his attention toward a lifetime desire: to write tales of truth, justice, and faith trapped in historical timenot only as a preacher but also as a witness. ELI is a historical fiction adventure (wrapped in religious motif threads) that captures Dr. Weagleys inclination toward freedom, justice, pride, and hope that plates eternal salvation.
    Currently in retirement, Dr. Weagley enjoys writing tales of truth shielded in historical fiction in order to communicate the wisdom and blessings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Adventure, religion, and social behavior options fill the pages of his work as he tries to build palatable messages around characters that have suffered collateral damage in life situations.
    Time and circumstance meet patience and faith in his works. Good and bad options bombard and abound confusing the imbalance of honor.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJun 14, 2012
    ISBN9781468597752
    Eli: Blind Man Walking
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    Ronald Lee Weagley

    The sanctity of truth frequently evades when the flame fades to the darkness as if bowing to the will-o'-the-wisp corpse torch, a ghostly light term for a fantasy phantom sometimes seen at night or at twilight over bogs, swamps, and marshes. During his life, the Reverend Doctor Ronald Lee Weagley donned many titles, not only son, grandson, nephew, boy, Ronnie, Private, Specialist, Lieutenant, Captain, Padre, Mister, Pastor, father, husband, Assistant to the Bishop, and “hey-you,” but also a few of the more colorful adjectives unprintable at this writing,. He lays claim to all and to none of the aforementioned, preferring additional more tranquil options: lover, husband, soul mate, dad, or friend. Our egos know our lists. Occasionally remorse delivers a taint tart’s bite of lemon for our palate as we wish we were more deserving of the privilege titles flashing in ones recall; but we are often know for what we do and not who we are actually. Dr. Weagley was born Ronnie for some reason known only to his departed mother and father. His maternal grandfather Roy Franklin Hahn, who read the bible regularly, prayed incessantly, and invoked the deity at random, occasionally as a blessing and occasionally in wrath, contributed significantly to Dr. Weagley’s value system until later in life when congruity touched him in a religious environment. A tour in Africa with the United States Army Security Agency as an enlisted Morse code operator /Traffic Analyst trailed with a business career as branch manager with a national loan company and over ten years in the United States Navy Reserve as a Chaplain. In addition, several years as a trucking company president’s staff member coupled with two academic degrees, two professional degrees and a myriad of continuing education experiences in homiletics, organization development, business management, pastoral ministry, and related areas, served him well in his vocation. Each contributed as if a straw in the flame of the wisp tale that declares light in darkness. Dr. Weagley and his wife of fifty-three years, with four children, thirteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren, retired to retreat to a slower pace in service. Illness struck, pointing a new path. The paralytic virus Guillain-Barre Syndrome morphed his mode of operation from a stand-up robed preacher into a seated keyboard author telling tales, spinning yarns, and pontificating lucidly. His favorite phrase, “Seek and you shall find,” best captures as well as elaborates his life and his dreams while his sermons, services, and sincerity scream from the pages of his creative fiction works, rooted in reality, SEASCAPE, TRIBE ARPEGGIOS, WALLACE, JED, and JIM.

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