by Steve Thomason | Jun 12, 2014 | Personal Journal, The Trinity
I became distracted this morning while reading Augustine’s De Trinitate. He was discussing the idea that we can’t love something until we know it ((Book X, p. 288)). When we encounter a new thing—his example was a word that we had never heard—it must,...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 9, 2014 | Bible, Personal Journal, The Trinity
Spirit of pentecost sermon slides Acts 2:1-21 from Steve Thomason When you’re a hammer, everything is a nail. I’ve heard that expression used to describe how teachers can manipulate any text to fit their own theological agenda. I have to admit that the...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 4, 2014 | Books - Trinity, Spiritual Formation, The Trinity
Mark McIntosh’s work is important to my research. He has done an incredible job of connecting Trinitarian theology to spirituality. This is obviously important to my research question in which I ask how an increased awareness of social Trinity might impact...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 3, 2014 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
I will be preaching about Pentecost this weekend. The two texts are Acts 2:1-21 and Philippians 4:4-7. The passages don’t normally go together, but the Narrative Lectionary has taken us into Philippians for the past two weeks and then jerked us all the way back...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 2, 2014 | ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology
This essay is a personal reflection on the decision made by the Vision Board on May 13 to permit same-sex marriages to be held at Grace and the new reality that we live in as a congregation in the wake of that decision. I must confess, up front, that I am still in...
