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Henry wrote, *“Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”* With a holiday that has become inundated with football, TV shows and shopping, that statement seems to ring true. But with all these distractions, who has time to give thanks? [CONTINUE READING](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/mondays-with-mookie-nov.-21st) [![](https://blog.oakhills.edu/hubfs/Blog/chapel.jpg)](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/mondays-with-mookie-nov.-14th) ## [Mondays With Mookie | Nov. 14th](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/mondays-with-mookie-nov.-14th) Monday, November 14, 2016 Hey followers. Wow, what beautiful weather for November! I can’t remember the last time it was this nice this late in the year. Maybe the mice (at home) I am catching know something that I don’t. 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Oak Hills Christian College is an interdenominational institution, which means we celebrate the strengths of many different denominations.  [CONTINUE READING](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/most-important-factors-for-choosing-a-college-denomination) [![](https://blog.oakhills.edu/hubfs/Blog/prayer-christian-college.jpg)](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/should-you-attend-a-secular-college-or-a-private-christian-college) ## [Should you attend a secular college or a private Christian college?](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/should-you-attend-a-secular-college-or-a-private-christian-college) Thursday, October 13, 2016 You’ve heard the research and statistics that young people are abandoning their faith in increasing numbers. Whether attending secular college has to do with these rates or not, Oak Hills Christian College operates on the belief that a firm biblical foundation will equip you for whatever your future has in store, regardless of the career path God calls you into. [CONTINUE READING](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/should-you-attend-a-secular-college-or-a-private-christian-college) [![](https://blog.oakhills.edu/hubfs/Blog/HomeCallout_01-Faith.jpg)](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/mondays-with-mookie-sept-26th) ## [Mondays With Mookie | Sept. 26th](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/mondays-with-mookie-sept-26th) Monday, September 26, 2016 [CONTINUE READING](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/mondays-with-mookie-sept-26th) [![](https://blog.oakhills.edu/hubfs/Blog/mike_rasch2.jpg)](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/mondays-with-mookie-september-19) ## [Mondays With Mookie | Sept. 19th](https://blog.oakhills.edu/real-faith/mondays-with-mookie-september-19) Monday, September 19, 2016 ##### Michael Rasch VP of Enrollment Providing his story of how he came to Oak Hills. Okay, I was asked by our marketing department to write a blog. Oh, yea, a blog, at 64 years old I really understand what a blog is? I am a team player so I said I can do that. Really, how hard can writing something be? Harder than you think!! 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That would be the word **Fail**.  I don’t like to talk about my failures, do you?  I didn’t think so.  On the whole no one likes to talk about, draw attention to, or even think about their own failures. Here’s the important thing to remember though: how you think about failure will define you just as much as how you define success will. Those people who **steward failure** well are going to be happier and more succesful. They will ultimately be the keepers of the future. 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