by Steve Thomason | Apr 3, 2015 | Devos
Friday, April 3. Matthew 27:27-61. When you look back, can you point to certain events that changed the course of your life? Often times those events don’t seem like much when they are happening, but, in retrospect, you realize that they were earth-shaking for...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 2, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, April 2. Matthew 26:17-30. Tonight we will gather at our church to sit around tables to share a meal. It is called Dinner Church and the liturgy takes place as a meal. We did this for the first time last year, for Maundy Thursday, and I really loved it....
by Steve Thomason | Apr 1, 2015 | Personal Journal
Apparently dissertation writing is not horse shoes or hand grenades. You know the saying. “Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.” I heard back from my advisor yesterday, regarding the second draft of my dissertation. “SO close,”...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 1, 2015 | Devos
Wednesday April 1. Matthew 27:15-26. Have you ever had to make a tough choice? On the one hand there is the option that you know is right. On the other hand is the option that the “crowd” is pressuring you to choose. If you do the right thing then everyone...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 31, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, March 31. Matthew 27:1-14. We begin our reading of the Passion Week with a tragic story. Judas regrets betraying Jesus. He returns the money that he was given for the betrayal and then commits suicide. There is nothing more tragic, in my mind, than a person...
