Daniel Haas

Month: May 2011

  • Two Very Different Kinds Of Mormons

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    Can my Mormon friends please take a look at this and tell me what they think: Generation Gap – Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, and the two very different strains of Mormonism they represent. Having lived in Utah Valley for a little over three years now I can see how this makes sense. What do you…

  • Extended Church Family

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    “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church…”, starts the third paragraph of the Apostles’ Creed. Catholic in this sense has nothing to do with today’s Roman Catholic Church. In today’s Reading 1 Peter 5:1-14 Rome is referred to as “Babylon” and the parish there cannot claim authority over others but individuals send…

  • Peter’s Nirvana

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    Seriously, sometimes there are texts, that I just do not enjoy reading due to the flow of their language. The Epistles of Peter are prime examples of that. The same holds true for tweeting celebrities. Mashable lists Celebrities on Twitter: 30 Famous First Tweets. I follow many of them, because I enjoy their style. One…

  • Believe out Loud

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    came out with this wonderful new video for mothers day: And: Today the Presbyterian Church (USA) will most likely cross the threshold on a vote to change language in our constitution that, for more than a decade, has required ordained leadership in the church to hold a position of fidelity in marriage between a man…

  • Meeting Disruptors

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    Julie Rains has found that few participants tend to dominate and drag out meetings. Who are they? The Storytellers They share a story that conveys a concept in a way that traditional methods do not. But they tell and retell the same story, making the same analogy to every new situation that arises. The Unprepared…