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O. Alan Noble is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, and author of three books: "On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living," "You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World," and "Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age."