by Steve Thomason | Jul 27, 2016 | Youth Ministry
Our youth director, Kristi Larson, is gone on the youth mission trip this week, so she asked me to fill in for her at Summer Stretch tomorrow. The topic is Caring for God’s Creation. We will meditate on Psalm 8 and reflect on how we can care for God’s...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 25, 2016 | Caricatures
Guess what we saw today! Yep, Star Trek Beyond delivers all the goods for the Star Trek Fan. Here’s a quick caricature of Spock painted in Corel Painter 2016, mostly with the Real 2B Pencil and a little...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 23, 2016 | Bible, Books - Spirituality
Chapter Six of Dallas Willard’s book Hearing God is titled “The Word of God & the Rule of God.” It is a fabulous exploration of how the word of God is the source of and intertwined with reality itself. He says, “The very phrase ‘still small voice’ [from the...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 21, 2016 | Spiritual Formation
The Spiritual Formation Team met last night. This is a group of people that I have invited to help me discern what God is doing in and through Grace in the area of Spiritual Formation. The conversation centered primarily around the definition of Spiritual Formation...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 19, 2016 | Art
Today is my last day of vacation. I haven’t posted since I faded to black on July 4. Much has happened in the world and in my life since that day, but I will reflect on those things when I officially return from vacation. Today I want to break my blogging fast...