by Steve Thomason | Jun 26, 2016 | Spiritual Formation
What is conversion? Is it a one-time experience, or is it a continual process that lasts, hopefully, a lifetime? Richard Rohr is a writer that has challenged my thinking and relationship with God for over a decade. His recent newsletter raised the issue of conversion....
by Steve Thomason | Jun 23, 2016 | Spiritual Formation
The following post is from my dissertation, Deep in the Burbs… The DITB project is an exercise both about and of spiritual formation. It is necessary, therefore, to clearly define this term. What is spiritual formation, and more precisely, how do I use this term...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 22, 2016 | Animation
My son, Ethan, and I completed our second project for Jeannine Brown, a professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary. She received a small grant from Bethel to fund this project. I did all the art and animation. Ethan did all the sound. See a little behind the scenes...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 21, 2016 | sermons2016
How can we talk about reconciliation in a culture of mass shootings and hatred? This sermon tries to deal with this question as it brings 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 into conversation with the violence and divisions our country experiences every day. Read the Sermon It’s...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 20, 2016 | Art
Animation is expensive because it takes a ton of time. I recently was hired to create an educational animation that did not have a) a lot of money, and b) a lot of time. Hmmm… The big challenge was to make an educational film not be incredibly flat without...