by Steve Thomason | Aug 30, 2014 | The Missional Church
Deep in the BurbsĀ is a story about the church and the belief that the missional church–missional ecclesiology–offers hope for the church in the twenty-first century. A missional ecclesiology is an understanding that the mission of the Triune God ((I will...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 29, 2014 | Art, Book Reviews, Spiritual Formation
I needed to take a little break from sermon writing this afternoon, so I found myself standing in front of my bookshelf and letting my eyes wander. I do that sometimes. It seems like the Spirit often draws me there because there is something I need to read. One...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 28, 2014 | Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation
This is how the internet works…for some of us, anyway. I was on Facebook and saw two of my academic colleagues–Ken Reynhout and Josh de Keijzer–shared a post by Peter Enns that was written by Jeannine Brown. (check out the animation I did for...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 26, 2014 | Devos
Do you have any heroes? They may be sports heroes, political heroes, personal heroes. All heroes have two things in common. First, they save people. That’s what heroes do, right? A sports hero saves a team from losing. A political hero saves a nation from dying....
by Steve Thomason | Aug 25, 2014 | Devos
We are coming to the final week of our series on Ruth. I recommend you read this commentary from Kathryn Schifferdecker.