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  • A Forgotten Means of Grace | Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 02 2009

    Sports teams watch game films to go to school on what went right and wrong in their last outing.
    Got me wondering what we might see if we did a video evaluation of our last family, church, or work conflict…
    Am guessing one thing that would be missing would be visible evidence of a too often forgotten [...]

  • Another Way to Look at Emerging Churches | Posted by Mart De Haan on Oct 31 2008

    Over the last couple of days I’ve been trying to think of a way to express what I find so disturbing about the “emerging church” debate.
    Let me try this. Many of us know that just before the end of the first century our resurrected Lord returned in a vision to his dear friend and disciple, [...]

  • Wounded Pride | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 11 2008

    Self-directed anger. Fear of failure, rejection and loss. Dissatisfaction. Envy. Like an orchestra of untuned instruments, the noisy emotions of wounded pride refuse to be comforted. In the dark halls and back rooms of our hearts, angry feelings slam doors, break windows, raise voices, and start arguments.
    Feelings of not being able to measure up hound [...]

  • The "H" Factor | Posted by Mart De Haan on May 16 2008

    Like pride, the closets of humility are filled with different hats and clothes for different occasions.
    Popular opinion regards it as a doormat personality, and maybe even pride in disguise. Yet our books of common language describe it as the kind of realistic view of ourselves that is necessary to share the pain or joys of [...]