by Steve Thomason | Jun 28, 2016 | Spiritual Formation
Do you ever feel like you have so many things that you would like to do that you don’t know where to start? You have so many passions vying for your attention that you can feel overwhelmed and wonder which ones should take priority. How can you manage them all? If you...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 27, 2016 | Devos
We begin a four-week series on the Lord’s Prayer this weekend. Luke’s version of the prayer, in Luke 11:2-4, simply begins, “Father…” This is a relational term and opens up the outrageous possibility that the finite human is invited to...
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...