by Steve Thomason | Aug 19, 2013 | Books - Missional Church
Ammerman, Nancy Tatom, and Arthur Emery Farnsley. Congregation & Community. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1997. The Author Dr. Nancy Ammerman has spent much of the last decade studying American congregations. Her most recent book, Pillars of Faith:...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 16, 2013 | Books - Trinity, The Trinity
Simpson, Gary. “No Trinity, No Mission: The Apostolic Difference of Revisioning the Trinity.” Word and World, vol. XVIII, number 3, Summer 1998. No Trinity No Mission – Simpson – flattenedĀ – my annotated copy of the article. The Author...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 14, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies
Marshall, Alex. How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken. 1st ed. Constructs Series. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. The Author A journalist and writer for a quarter century, Alex Marshall is the author of The Surprising Design of Market...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 14, 2013 | Sermons
I’m working in Ephesians 2:11-20 this week in preparation for the sermon. This is a sketch to help me visualize the role that the Trinity plays in fulfilling the promise of bringing all things to God. The Father/Mother/Creator is creating all things through the...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 13, 2013 | Sermons
What does peace really look like? How do you take two groups of people that are radically different from each other and get them to see eye-to-eye? Think about it. If one group of people believes that a certain act–lets say eating a certain type of...