Tag: Luke

  • The Emergence of Justice

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    This is the second sermon of my three-part series on being church in the great emergence. Please find parts one and three here. A photo posted by Daniel Haas (@revhaas) on Oct 16, 2016 at 7:45am PDT How do I find a loving God? That’s a question that people have asked themselves and the world…

  • The Decline of Christendom

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    This is the first sermon of my three-part series on being church in the great emergence. Please find parts two and three here. A photo posted by Daniel Haas (@revhaas) on Oct 9, 2016 at 7:45am PDT Who remembers the good ol’ days? For one reason or another church people keep telling the story of…

  • The Sin of Ableism

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    The games in Rio are still in full swing. China dominates the medal count followed by Great Britain and Ukraine. Team USA currently ranks fourth. Just yesterday U.S. swimmers won three gold medals and smashed two world records. Wait what? Ukraine in the top three of the medal count? Team USA only on four? Maybe…

  • Caring Neighbors

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    I had the nicest sermon planned out for this Sunday. It tied in beautifully with today’s passage of the Good Samaritan. It would have been about a neighborhood up in arms because the women’s center wants to build a low incoming housing unit in the area. The kids of these battered women would have attended…

  • The Merriam-Webster Word of the Year 2015

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    (English poster for the 1929 elections) Merriam-Webster has picked a word of the year. Actually they did not: they declared 2015 the year of a suffix: -ism. Since 9/11 the world has been flushed with -isms related to terror-ism. The recent shootings in San Bernardino brought it back to the top of the agenda. This…