by Steve Thomason | Nov 8, 2014 | Devos, sermons2014, Thketches
Listen to the sermon audio One lens through which we can look at the human condition is that of the socio-economic landscape. What did Jesus have to say about how the socio-economic classes should interact? There are basically three classes of people in the world,...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 7, 2014 | Personal Journal
This Prezi attempts to capture the “what” of the Deep in the Burbs Project. I drew this sketch today in order to organize my thoughts and decipher the focus of my writing. I could go in so many directions with this project! Some initial observations: This...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 6, 2014 | Books - Spirituality, Personal Journal
I was reading God, Sexuality, and the Self by Sarah Coakley today. Chapter Four, “The Charismatic Constituency: Embarrassment or Riches?” reports her ethnographic research of two Charismatic congregations in a University town in England. The chapter itself...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 6, 2014 | Devos
We finished up our series on the Ten Commandments in Catechism last night by talking about commandments 9 and 10. Don’t covet. It sounds pretty easy, but the truth is that these two commands run completely contrary to our American way of life. We wrote two words...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 5, 2014 | Personal Journal
I found a connection to Phenomenology and Dwelling in the Word through Dallas Willard and Ken Reynhout. I had lunch with Ken yesterday and I described Dwelling in the Word to him. He smiled, and, knowing Keifert’s basis in phenomenology, saw the connection...