by Steve Thomason | Sep 4, 2014 | Devos
It’s easy to do the right thing when it is…easy, right? Let’s say you’re driving around town and you come to a stop light right next to that guy who is begging for food on the corner. It is easy to give him something to eat if you’ve just...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 3, 2014 | Suburban Studies
The Deep in the Burbs Research Project is a story of a particular place in Midwest suburbia. It was necessary to pursue this research in a specific location, through participatory action research within three neighboring congregations, because it is my assumption that...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 3, 2014 | Devos
In Today’s reading from Ruth 3:14-18, we see that Boaz heaps generosity on Ruth and gives her all the grain she could have imagined. This was just a taste of the way that he would provide for her for the rest of her life. This got me to thinking about how the...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 2, 2014 | Devos
Many of you start back to school today. Some of you started back last week. This is a day that brings many mixed emotions. It is exciting to start a new year, to see old friends, and to be a year older. It is also full of great anxiety over the unknown. What if my...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 31, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church
I was very happy to discover a kindred spirit through the help of Twitter. Christopher B. James is a PhD Candidate at Boston University School of Theology in Practical Theology with a dual-concentration in Church & Society and Evangelism. He blogs about it at...
