Keith Haney
How to Approach a Pastoral Transition?
In a magazine for pastors [Pulpit Helps, August 1997], one fellow wrote with one of those "you know you're in trouble when …" lists. This...
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Keith Haney
Jul 5, 20237 min read
The Characteristics of Christ Followers
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man...
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Keith Haney
Jul 1, 20233 min read
Are You Content With Good Enough?
Sometimes, when I look back at my time in the parish, I feel for my congregation members. My parents raised me with the idea that "good...
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Keith Haney
Jun 28, 20232 min read
The Church's Work Is Complex
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up...
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Keith Haney
Jun 20, 20233 min read
Passing Down A Legacy
One question I love to ask guests on my podcast is: “What do you want your legacy to be?” The illustration below shows what happens when...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Understanding the Unique Role of Rural Ministry
I have spent most of my ministry in big metropolises but have not lived in a community of under 4,000. You know you live in a small town...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20231 min read
We Honor Our Fallen Heroes
We pause today to remember our fallen heroes. Thank you for defending and giving your lives to keep us safe and the banner of freedom...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20234 min read
The Church Should be More Like Gumbo Versus Tomato Soup
I grew up in the great state of Louisiana. It was a very diverse community of people and cultures. When I think about the church on...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20234 min read
Urban Ministry is Complicated
Urban Ministry is messy. It involves loving all people. Some come into our stream of consciousness with messy and broken lives. Because...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20235 min read
Mother's Hold A Special Place in the Family
There’s an old saying, “God couldn’t be everywhere at once, so he made moms.” That statement has horrible theology in it. But it...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Reaching Rural America with the Gospel
When I talked to a few frustrated rural pastors, at the heart of their frustration was the sense that because there was not a large...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20234 min read
What Kind Of Church Will We Be?
This story is familiar. In 1972, and after 308 years, the First Church of Newton, Mass., called it quits. It gave its assets to a museum,...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20234 min read
Who are You Missing on Your Emmaus Road Journey?
"Can't see your nose in front of your face " Idiom Meaning - Being oblivious to something obvious, in clear view. On the Road to Emmaus...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Millennials Are Seeking a Community-Minded Church
In his 1983 acceptance speech for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn] recalled the words he heard as a...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 202311 min read
The Account of Unbelieving Thomas
24 Thomas, the one called Didymus, one of the Twelve, wasn’t with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples told him, “We’ve...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 202311 min read
The Death of the King
In the first century, Rome executed criminals by crucifixion. It was a humiliating and agonizing experience. There was no concept of...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20235 min read
Forsaken By God For Our Salvation
The press reported a heart-rending story, telling of a young father who shot himself in a telephone booth. James Lee had called a Chicago...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20234 min read
Jesus’ Third Words from the Cross
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20235 min read
Today, You Will be With Me In Paradise
“And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me...
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Keith Haney
Jun 6, 20234 min read
Father Forgive Them
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.[1] Luke 24:34 Near the end of Irving Stone’s powerful novel, Love Is Eternal, about...
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