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2018-02-15T16:13:05-05:00

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We Need Action, Not Just Thoughts and Prayers

Last updated on: February 15, 2018 at 4:13 pm By John O'Keefe

As Americans we have allowed violence and abuse to become normalized in our culture. We speak of being a Christian Nation, with no visible evidence of being such. We’ve closed our hearts to the horrors of war, mass shootings, the abuse of women and the killing of our children. We embrace cruelty, and our actions towards the least of these, has shown we’re unable to truly grasp the Read more

Dangerous Church

2017-12-20T08:01:56-05:00

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So This Is Christmas, and What Have You Done?

Last updated on: December 20, 2017 at 8:01 am By John O'Keefe

So this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over and a new one just begun. [John Lennon] A Question Worth Answering. Read more

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The Naked Jesus

2018-02-05T07:57:33-05:00

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Ten Things the Church Needs to Change, But Won’t

Last updated on: February 5, 2018 at 7:57 am By John O'Keefe

I’ve spent years studying and considering the nature, function, and future of the Church. While some see no future for the church, I have hope: granted, that hope is small. I’ve written five books centering on what the Church needs to do to move forward. While they’ve been widely read by people in the Church, they’ve fallen empty on the ears of the hierarchical structure of the Institutional Church: they have no desire to listen. They actually see nothing wrong... Read more

2017-06-26T10:15:55-05:00

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The Feast

Last updated on: June 26, 2017 at 10:15 am By John O'Keefe

Who is welcomed at your table? Read more

2017-10-24T06:25:17-05:00

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I’m Not Sure Tolerance Is The Right Word

Last updated on: October 24, 2017 at 6:25 am By John O'Keefe

When I look into the Collective Narrative, when I open my heart to the Divine, there are actions, ideas, I will not allow to exist, to occur, or to tolerate in any way, shape of form. Read more

2017-05-31T10:34:09-05:00

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This Memorial Weekend, I’ll be Doing Something Disruptively Different

Last updated on: May 31, 2017 at 10:34 am By John O'Keefe

Over our 241 year history, the USA have been at war for 219 of those years, or just about 91% of the time. Some might argue, many of those wars were Just Wars. A Just War? From whose point of view? Read more

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2017-05-05T11:37:18-05:00

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Your Own Cultural Jesus

Last updated on: May 5, 2017 at 11:37 am By John O'Keefe

Followers of Jesus think, “Let’s get out from behind these walls, ready to get messy, live dangerously, and help those in our community who need help” Read more

Dangerous Church

2017-04-27T15:45:30-05:00

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Is Love an emotion or an action?

Last updated on: April 27, 2017 at 3:45 pm By John O'Keefe

When we meet someone for the first time, we need to be open to falling in love with them; no matter who they are. Because when we do, we are willing to go to the extreme, get messy, helping them. Read more

Dangerous Church

2017-11-12T11:01:53-05:00

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Why I Fear A Christian Nation

Last updated on: November 12, 2017 at 11:01 am By John O'Keefe

I fear the idea of a Christian Nation. Why? Because, at no point in history, has making Christianity the Official Religion of any place, shown positive results. Read more

2017-04-26T08:12:40-05:00

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Is Exclusion Persecution?

Last updated on: April 26, 2017 at 8:12 am By John O'Keefe

I normally don’t listen to Preachers on the radio. Why? Well, to say it kindly, they don’t speak to me; they always start in one place, love, and end in another place, judgement and law; besides, I find most rather boring, and unrealistic. Most of what they say is off base from what Jesus shares in the Collective Narrative. Now, you can disagree with me, and that’s fine, but let me share an example. Our neighbor’s granddaughter was being baptized... Read more

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