Baptism Is Self-Renewal In our church, baptism is a ceremonial act of self-renewal. In conventional churches, when you get baptized, you say, “I accept So-and-So as my This and my […]
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Papakema Our Hawaiian word of the week is Papakema, which means baptism. The hawaiian language doesn’t have verbs and nouns like English does, so the word “baptism” is the same
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A New Kind of Church Welcome to a new kind of church. In a conventional church, you learn theology, or bible stuff. In our church, you learn consciousness, or God
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Jesus’ Enemies Watched Him Jesus’ enemies treated him more like a human being than his own disciples, because his enemies didn’t believe in him. They thought he was just an
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You Are God You can’t have a God who is different than you, because you are God. Just as Christ chose to come in human form, God chose to come
An Interactive Sermon When I speak a sermon, two things have to be ripe: the people who hear it and the person who speaks it. Some messages are heavy. I
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Hapa Our Hawaiian word of the week is hapa. Hapa means half Hawai’ian and half another race— meaning you’re biracial like half black and half white or half Asian and
How to say “half Hawai’ian” or biracial in Hawai’ian Read More »
The Great Welcome to Hale Ho’onani Church We welcome you and all the personal and spiritual power that you bring to our church. Your soul is welcome here. The dawning
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Hallmark Jesus Most churches talk about the Jesus who likes children and builds furniture. That’s the Hallmark channel version of Jesus. The lumber-sexual with the beard, chiseled jaw, probably wearing
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