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		<title>Would You Wear a Poop-hat in Church?</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/05/09/would-you-wear-a-poop-hat-in-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, would you wear a poop-hat in church?
Why not?
Oh, I know &#8211; poop humor is juvenal, childish and just wrong. No &#8220;self-respecting&#8221; pastor would ever &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>There once was a man from Nantucket (or Bethlehem)</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/04/22/there-once-was-a-man-from-nantucket-or-bethlehem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you asked any group of people outside the church to define the church in just one word, what would that word be?
Boring?
Closed?
Judgmental?
Political?
Needed?
Forgiveness?
Loved?
Sure, all of &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>PART ONE: It’s Not What We Give-Up, But What We Get.</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/02/22/part-one-its-not-what-we-give-up-but-what-we-get/</link>
		<comments>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/02/22/part-one-its-not-what-we-give-up-but-what-we-get/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of this decision we don&#8217;t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Sandbox Theology</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/01/13/sandbox-theology/</link>
		<comments>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/01/13/sandbox-theology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Way back in 1989 (I think I am showing my age) Robert Fulghum wrote a great book entitled, All I Really Need To Know I &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The UMC and Me: A Rant</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/01/11/the-umc-and-me-a-rant/</link>
		<comments>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/01/11/the-umc-and-me-a-rant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johncokeefe.com/?p=869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade I have had several conversations with United Methodist Church (UMC) leaders. Every time that conversation starts with them emailing or calling &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Processing The Idea of Bullying</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2012/01/08/processing-the-idea-of-bullying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing I am known for it is processing my thoughts in public. It may seem crazy for some, but for me &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Wrong to See The Church (or Ministry) as The Family Business?</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2011/12/16/is-it-wrong-to-see-the-church-or-ministry-as-the-family-business/</link>
		<comments>http://johncokeefe.com/2011/12/16/is-it-wrong-to-see-the-church-or-ministry-as-the-family-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past decades I see many Churches where the Children or In-laws of the Pastor have grown to become the new Pastor of the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>I Have Come To The Conclusion That God Hates Sodomites</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2011/11/03/i-have-come-to-the-conclusion-that-god-hates-sodomites/</link>
		<comments>http://johncokeefe.com/2011/11/03/i-have-come-to-the-conclusion-that-god-hates-sodomites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johncokeefe.com/?p=847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit this was a hard road to walk. The journey my faith has taken me down some pretty weird roads, but none &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Left the Left</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2011/09/30/why-i-left-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://johncokeefe.com/2011/09/30/why-i-left-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a progressive Follower of Christ; I have no problem identifying myself as a Progressive Follower of Christ. I find comfort in the theology &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>I Need To Vent</title>
		<link>http://johncokeefe.com/2011/08/12/i-need-to-vent/</link>
		<comments>http://johncokeefe.com/2011/08/12/i-need-to-vent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john o'keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is something I just figured out, Liberal/Progressive Denominational Leaders are not different in how they abuse people as those who belong to Conservative Demoninations.
Over &#8230;]]></description>
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