by Steve Thomason | Nov 27, 2017 | Devos
Spend Less. That is the simple message of our second week in the Advent Conspiracy. Do we really need to give so many gifts to our children? Should we ever go into debt in order to give gifts? Read our three texts for the week Micah 6:6-8, Ephesians 1:15-23, Matthew...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 24, 2017 | Devos
Conspiracy is a strange word to associate with Advent, isn’t it? The word has a subversive undertone. Exactly. We will join a growing movement at Easter this Advent that seeks to undermine the rampant consumerism that has overtaken the season and attempt to focus on...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 22, 2017 | Devos
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and the Christmas songs are already filling the airwaves. You can feel the frenetic energy building in our society as the collective anxiety builds in anticipation of the holiday season. Is this how we are supposed to feel as we enter...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 21, 2017 | Devos
We begin a new worship series this weekend called Advent Conspiracy. The idea is to undermine the consumerism that has taken over the Christmas season and completely obscured the spirit of Advent. We begin the series with the first step of the Conspiracy: Worship...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 20, 2017 | Personal Updates
One of the fun things that I get to do as part of the pastoral staff at Easter Lutheran Church is to record a podcast every Tuesday morning. The four pastors sit around and discuss the theme of worship for the upcoming week. This is a great group of people and...