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2016-09-02T00:30:11-05:00

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SILENCE

Last updated on: September 2, 2016 at 12:30 am By John O'Keefe

Sometime no words are the best words Read more

2016-08-30T01:18:38-05:00

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Knowing the Divine’s Narrative of Hope

Last updated on: August 30, 2016 at 1:18 am By John O'Keefe

As I look back at the writings of our ancestors I’m drawn to how the Narrative of Hope, which the Divine shared with us, brings us back to knowing our true self. We find this Narrative in the words of the prophets; intertwined in the Narrative of the Divine’s incarnation with us, and in the Divine’s Narrative of love. Read more

2016-08-27T13:30:29-05:00

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There Is No Such Thing as The “Alt-Right,” There is Simply the Right-Wing

Last updated on: August 27, 2016 at 1:30 pm By John O'Keefe

When I hear the term Alt-Right I feel the same way; they’re not an alternative to the Political Right, they are the Political Right. Read more

2016-08-27T11:05:11-05:00

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Random is Connection, and in turn, Connection is Random: What Does That Say For Evangelical Theology?

Last updated on: August 27, 2016 at 11:05 am By John O'Keefe

In the realm of the nothing we were doing, we did, or at least I did, noticed that while we were actually doing nothing, we were actually doing something. Read more

2016-08-25T12:42:34-05:00

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Abuse Does Not Make You Stronger

Last updated on: August 25, 2016 at 12:42 pm By John O'Keefe

When I hear anyone say, "it makes you stronger" I hear people who are trying to justify the abuse, and in reality it simply continues the abuse – it’s just that simple. Read more

2016-08-18T15:22:46-05:00

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No One is Called to Sit on Their Ass and Do Nothing

Last updated on: August 18, 2016 at 3:22 pm By John O'Keefe

Let’s be honest here, no one is called to sit on their ass and do nothing. Everyone is called to get involved, get dirty, get connected. Read more

2016-08-17T16:53:00-05:00

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Why We Shouldn’t Judge Others

Last updated on: August 17, 2016 at 4:53 pm By John O'Keefe

Why is it so many spend so much time pointing out the sins of others, and not enough time living in the love of the Divine? This question has been driving me crazy over this past year. Read more

2016-08-12T17:20:52-05:00

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7 Proven and Highly Effective Principles for Christian Writers to Write about Sex

Last updated on: August 12, 2016 at 5:20 pm By John O'Keefe

They desire to post, posts, where their posts, the ones they post, are posts designed to be highly effective posts, when compared to other posts, posted by people who post less effective posts about sex. Read more

2016-08-10T00:57:08-05:00

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What Do You Do With A Spoiled Child?

Last updated on: August 10, 2016 at 12:57 am By John O'Keefe

Now, before I go further, let me say that by “Spoiled” I mean a crying, whiney, self-centered, unreasonable child who insists they have all the answers, they demand people look at them, and give them what they want; and when I write “Child,’ I mean Donald Trump. When I write “Parents” I mean the Republican Party. Read more

2016-08-02T17:34:05-05:00

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It’s Not What, It’s Why

Last updated on: August 2, 2016 at 5:34 pm By John O'Keefe

In a world where we seek to get our way, we focus on the what, and neglect the why. We are taught to see the world based on who, what, when, where, and finally why – why is the last question we ask; I think it should be the first question we ask. When we ask why we land on the foundation of everything we do, or desire to do. Without the why, the who, the what, the when, and... Read more

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