Confessions of a Retired Pastor

Confessions of a Retired Pastor

A Thousand Funerals and Then My Mother’s

Some folks think that losing someone who is 94 is easier. I am a witness to the fact that this is not true.

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DeForest B. Soaries, Jr.
Sep 08, 2026
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We built four wells for clean water in Uganda this year. We put our expanded DFREE® financial empowerment resources in the hands of more churches and community organizations. We won a silver Telly award for our new podcast, “Say Yes When Life Says No.” We released a new book, “Meditations for Financial Freedom, Volume 5.” And we still have four months l…

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