by Steve Thomason | Mar 21, 2011 | sermons2011
Lectionary Texts: Genesis 12:1-4 John 3:1-17 My dog is a spaz. Meet Shasta. He’s my 12 pound ball of fur. He was traumatized as a small puppy. He loved running out of our sliding glass door to the back yard. One day we had the glass door open, but the screen door was...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 20, 2011 | sermons2011
Lectionary Texts: Genesis 12:1-4 John 3:1-17 My dog is a spaz. Meet Shasta. He’s my 12 pound ball of fur. He was traumatized as a small puppy. He loved running out of our sliding glass door to the back yard. One day we had the glass door open, but the screen door was...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 17, 2011 | Spiritual Formation
I’ve been studying the discipline of fasting this week. Of course, I had to consult one of the masters of Spiritual Formation, Dallas Willard. Here is a quote from his book The Spirit of the Disciplines. In fasting, we abstain in some significant way from food...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 15, 2011 | Bible, Spiritual Formation
As we have all watched the devastating earthquake in Japan with shock and horror this week, we are reminded of an important truth. Nothing is as firm and stable as we would like it to be. In our modern world we tend to think of the earth’s rocks as being a solid...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 10, 2011 | Spiritual Formation
Since this Sunday deals with Temptation, this is an appropriate video… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMkn4J_l9uU&tracker=False