Daniel Haas

Tag: Luke

  • Fear not! #LasVegas #MassShooting

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    At least 59 people were killed in Las Vegas on Sunday. The event has been called the biggest mass shooting in modern US history. It is appropriate to pray for the wounded, the families of the dead, and all those who do the hard work of helping the community recover. It is also important to…

  • Dr. Seuss’s Christmas Sitters

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    This is the Nativity Play I wrote for Christmas Eve 2016. It leans heavily on Dr. Seuss’s “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”. There are two dialoguing shepherds. Children can be invited to join as little shepherd helpers. [SLIDE] marks the cues for a new page from the Dr. Seuss book. Merry Christmas! Grinch: “Howdy everyone.…

  • Syria then and now

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    Christmas is a highly political story. Remember what triggered Joseph and Mary to go to Bethlehem? – The Roman Emperor had ordered a census so that he could tax all his subjects in their hometown. Herod was a satellite king for the Roman Empire. He governed the Roman province called Syria around the time Jesus…

  • I walked into the living room this morning

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    I walked into the living room this morning. This time of year the entire space looks like a winter wonderland. There is not a square inch that is not filled with Christmas decorations: a collection of ten nutcrackers, five Christmas stockings, two trees, hundreds of lights, five advent calendars, and all kinds of knickknacks, wreaths…

  • Postmodern Prayer

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    This is the last sermon of my three-part series on being church in the great emergence. Please find parts one and two here. A photo posted by Daniel Haas (@revhaas) on Oct 23, 2016 at 7:41am PDT Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. These two men go to the temple…