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The Gentle Grace of Christmas Past

John Deane-O’Keeffe
By John Deane-O’Keeffe
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Vienna, Austria - 10 December 2024: Festive Coca-Cola Christmas truck illuminated with bright holiday lights, surrounded by a joyful crowd during a winter night celebration

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John Deane-O’Keeffe
John Deane-O’Keeffe
The Revd John Deane-O’Keeffe is a recently-ordained Minister in the Reformed Episcopal Church (Anglican) and is church planting in Dublin City Centre from September whilst also ministering in the UK. John lectures in criminology and theology at the University of Oxford and tries to love all denominations and none. He advises that he too read that bit in the Bible.

I’m not sure you ever really recover from seeing your father become part of a Christmas tree. Let me explain.  It was Christmas Eve 1975. Tidings of comfort and joy rang out all around the country, not least in Slattery’s pub, Rathmines, Dublin, where my father thought it might be a good idea to pop…

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