Month: January 2012
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Sermon Podcast: Goin’ Fishin’
Jesus called disciples from all walks of life: fishermen, tax collectors, scholars, freedom fighters, Jews, Greeks, oldies and youngsters. In their footsteps our mission is not to be pleasant and convenient but edgy and true. Listen to a sermon by the Rev. Daniel Haas based on Jonah 1:1-6,11-17 and Mark 1:16-20. It was delivered at…
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Twitter with less censorship
witter recently added the option of withholding content in specific countries, while keeping that content available for the rest of the world. There has been a lot of outrage about what is allegedly censorship. Now please give the folks at Twitter a break, in reality there is going to be less censorship: “Until now, the…
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Gingrich’s Kennedy Moment
1962: Kennedy’s eternal speech at Rice University on September 12th, 1962 setting the goal of the space race during the 1960’s. 2010: Obama grounding NASA For the first time since John Glenn flew in 1962, the United States will have no access of its own for humans into space — and no prospect of getting…
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Sermon podcast: Personal Demons
To find an AA meeting in Utah Valley go to www.utahvalleyaa.org Listen to a sermon by the Rev. Daniel Haas commemorating Health and Human Service Sunday based on Deuteronomy 18:15-20 and Mark 1:21-28. It was delivered at Provo Community United Church of Christ on January 22 2012. Personal_Demons_01-22-2012.mp3 Listen on Posterous
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Wikipedia half-wrong
I don’t mean the accuracy of some articles of the world’s most important encyclopedia but its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18. The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in…