by Steve Thomason | Dec 12, 2013 | Animation, Illustration
This was a one-day collaborative effort between me and Jonathan Orwig. The image was inspired by Isaiah 55:1-13, Advent 3, and the upcoming sermon. Last week, in Advent 2, we saw the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37. This week we reach the climax of the Gospel in...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 7, 2013 | Sketches, Youth Ministry
Thanks to @PlanetWisdom for a great weekend!
by Steve Thomason | Dec 3, 2013 | sermons2013
Text: Daniel 3:1, 8-30 and John 18:36-37 [slideshare id=28845875&doc=advent1sermonslides-131203085610-phpapp02] Nebuchadnezzar. That’s just a fun name to say. Say it out loud with me. Neb-u-chad-nezz-ar. Then there’s Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Or...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 2, 2013 | postfoundational, Suburban Studies, The Missional Church, The Trinity
In this post I will connect the term The Kingdom of Heaven with Kathryn Tanner’s ideas in Theories of Culture. ((Tanner, Kathryn. Theories of Culture: A New Agenda for Theology Guides to Theological Inquiry. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.)) I will then...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 25, 2013 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, How Do We Think?
The Author – Charles Taylor A key concept that comes from the book is that of the buffered self. Taylor argues that modern, western civilization has disenchanted the cosmos and moved away from a porous self—in which the person can be influenced and...