Category: The Keep
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In the Name of the Father 19: In the Beginning
I haven’t eaten since midnight yesterday morning. It is 5:44 a.m. and I have days left in this fast. I drank one gallon of water today. I have abstained from smoking, caffeine, and sex. I am wearing a white shirt and black pants. In the days of the holy knight, black signified death, white purity,…
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In the Name of the Father 18: Sasquatch Part 7
Wanna see it fall? Wanna see everything that Harmony built, everything that Brother Faith, Brother Justice, Brother Hoss, Rose, and Unity Church gave Adam crumble to the ground at his feet and burn to ash? In order to understand the true issue between Adam’s fall from God, we have to get one last gift from…
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In the Name of the Father 17: The Aftermath of Normal Street
Have you ever known you were in the right place at the right time? That everything in your life had brought you to this one event? That no one could have done what you were doing right then? Guardian knows how that feels. When your life comes to a head and all of it matters,…
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In the Name of the Father 16: Sasquatch Part 6
Sasquatch hates church. Thinks it is unholy for a large group of people to gather in one place, in one building, to worship God. He says that in the Bible Christians met in houses with ten or eleven people to talk about God and commune with the Lord. He fights in church, listening to the…
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In the Name of the Father 15: The Fall of Harmony Baptist Church
I’m not sure how much longer it could have gone on. Brother Haste’s home was obviously an unhappy one. He had fought a war against his daughter for wanting to marry a black man. He scoured the Bible, looking for any passage that might make it a sin for her to marry who she loved.…
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In the Name of the Father 14: Sasquatch 5
Therapy is supposed to cost 24 bucks. That is, after Medicare hits it, paying most of it and leaving me with this copay. See Medicare is no joke. It is the best insurance any of us has ever seen. Over the years it has been cut again and again. It is on a butcher’s block…
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In the Name of the Father 13: Monk
So many holy men in the world, but they are so hard to find. I guess the men who really know the Lord and follow Jesus have a tendency to hold back. To embrace humility and not get in the way of other people’s walk with the Lord is one of the most holy things…
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In the Name of the Father 12: Sasquatch Part 4
Gonna get it wrong. Gonna misquote Jesus. But I hate the Bible, hate the way it contradicts itself and is somehow fine with it. How it drives people mad and doesn’t apologize for it. So I am not going to look this up. You can judge for yourself if it is close enough or if…
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In the Name of the Father 11: Camelot Part 3
“Wake up! Dixon Baptist needs you,” Arthur said from my living room on the other side of my British flag half-door. Shadow rolled over and groaned. He looked at his clock but his sleeping mind could not make it out. The sun was still shining, which meant he was not supposed to be up yet.…
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In the Name of the Father 10: Harmony Part 2
As I grew, the men of the church respected me more and more. Rose was in a hurry to tell me every time word got back to her about how they felt or how they thought about me. Brother Justice took me and Nozzle to a car show once. He had a vintage automobile and…
Jesse Teller 