About

ProjectOKC
ProjectOKC is a place for individuals to gather and share thoughts on God, life, technology - whatever! Whether these thoughts are profound or not so profound, they result out of personal experience and that is what we value.

Each person has a story and we are all part of someone else’s story. This is a place where stories can come together; where we can all become part of each other’s lives.

This is not just a dumping ground for good ideas! It’s a place where thought can become action. A place where ideas become plans, plans become occurrences, and occurrences become part of a person’s life story.

Thank you for checking out ProjectOKC. Find out how you can be part of the story.

Rex Barrett
While he hasn’t always lived in Oklahoma, Rex considered himself a true Okie the moment he shed his big city life for small town charm in 1990. He moved to Oklahoma City in 1996 where he met and married his wife, Lanie, and began serving on staff at a church.

In 2006 Rex ran for a seat in the State House. He decided to walk the entire district to meet all the voters. Rex met many people and heard many personal stories. He didn’t always hear the version of a story people might normally tell.  He often heard the real version, the painful version. He found that people tell the true story when they see that someone is willing to listen and is offering an opportunity for help.

Well, Rex lost the election, but gained insight. Coming face-to-face with the pain and suffering felt by so many people in the community, he learned that he was interested in hearing the true story.

Being willing to listen means not cutting your self off from others. Being willing means making an effort. ProjectOKC is part of that effort.

Lanie Barrett
Lanie has aspired to write since childhood, but she always thought the tough thing about writing was finding something to write about. One day, it finally clicked: There is not a shortage of stuff to write about, there’s a shortage of time in which to write about the stuff!

Lanie is one of the individuals who hope to offer something to ProjectOKC that might be a help to others. She encourages others to bring their gifts to the table, figuratively speaking, and find out where those gifts, however strange they might be, can be of use.