by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2013 | Spiritual Formation, Youth Ministry
This week I am preparing for our upcoming Own Your Faith retreat for our high school freshmen. A key topic we will discuss is our identity in Christ. Identity and a sense of self-worth is, for all of us, an important topic, but is especially crucial for high school...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2013 | Books - Missional Church, The Missional Church
Roxburgh, Alan J. Missional Map-Making: Skills for Leading in Times of Transition. 1st ed. Leadership Network. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010. The Author Alan Roxburgh Quotes “My thesis is a very simple one: I do not believe that epistemology is a bloodless...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2013 | Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Volf, Miroslav, and Dorothy C. Bass. Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2002. The Authors Dorothy C. Bass Craig Dykstra Amy Plantinga Pauw Serene Jones Sarah Coakley Tammy Williams Christine D. Pohl Gilbert...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2013 | Books - Missional Church, The Missional Church
Keifert, Patrick R. Testing the Spirits: How Theology Informs the Study of Congregations. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2009. The Authors Ronald W. Duty Pat Taylor Ellison David Fredrickson Donald Juel Patrick Keifert Lois Malcolm Gary Simpson Three Shifts...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 9, 2013 | Books - Missional Church, How Do We Think?, postfoundational
Simpson, Gary M. Critical Social Theory: Prophetic Reason, Civil Society, and Christian Imagination Guides to Theological Inquiry. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002. The Author Gary Simpson is a professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN and...