by Steve Thomason | Mar 2, 2015 | Devos
Monday, March 2. Psalm 16:1-11. The big story for this week is found in Matthew 20:1-16. It is the parable of the Landowner who hires workers throughout the day to work in his field. At the end of the day he pays them all the same wage. The point of that parable is...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 27, 2015 | Devos
Friday, February 27. Matthew 14:34-15:20. Which do you think is a real fan? Is it the person who wears the jersey to the Superbowl party, but has never watched a game, or is it the person who knows about all the players, watches every game, but doesn’t own any...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 26, 2015 | Technology for Academics
I made a bold step today and dismantled my dissertation. My advisor said that the current draft is like a jigsaw puzzle. I have most of the pieces, but they need to be rearranged. I am a visual thinker, so the best way that I can think of dismantling and reshuffling a...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 26, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, February 26. Matthew 14:1-12. Our theme this Lent season is “Living Upside Down.” Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of Heaven is one in which the last are first, the weak are strong, God’s love is the currency, and the king has the...
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by Steve Thomason | Feb 25, 2015 | Personal Journal
The current state of my dissertation reminds me of something that happened when we were building an addition to our house in Las Vegas. We hired a friend to be the general contractor and he had sub-contracted the framing to a carpenter that he trusted. The plan was to...
