by Steve Thomason | Apr 4, 2016 | Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, postfoundational, Suburban Studies
This paper asks the question: How can the church leader attend to the generational gaps found in suburban congregations, specifically as it relates to spiritual formation in the congregation? I use Robert Kegan’s theory of the Five Orders of Consciousness as a...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 2, 2016 | Devos
We begin preaching through Acts this weekend as we continue to follow the Narrative Lectionary. I’ve posted my overview video of Acts from Bible Mania below. Also, you can dig a little deeper on my Bible Bookshelf Acts page. I hope this...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 28, 2016 | Live Art
This is a time lapse of the painting I did for the Good Friday Service. The song is the final piece sung by the Grace Choir during the service, directed by Doreen...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 27, 2016 | Devos
This meditation was published in the Mosaic Bible in 2009. I wrote it in the Fall of 2007, when I was living in my parents basement, after our house church died in Las Vegas. I read it at the Easter Vigil last night. So much has changed since then. The Journey...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 26, 2016 | Art, Live Art
I was very humbled and thankful to be part of a wonderfully mournful and worshipful experience of live art and music last night. The Grace choir performed the 7 Last Words of Jesus while I painted on a 12′ X 4′ canvas. The choir sang, the congregation...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 25, 2016 | sermons2016
It’s Maundy Thursday. Thank you for taking the time to invest in this moment. This is one of those moments that defines us as Christians. This past Tuesday we had our regular staff meeting and prayer time. Carroll Potter told a really cool story. She said there was a...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 19, 2016 | Animation, postfoundational, Theology
I am increasingly excited about the upcoming class OMG! Can we talk about God? This morning I extracted a portion from a video I made for the Deep in the Burbs project to be a stand alone visualization of Hans Georg Gadamer’s concept called The Fusion of...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 17, 2016 | Devos
During an election year, it is easy to get bewildered and discouraged by the politicking that fills the airwaves and clogs up the Internet. We watch in wonder as world leaders behave like children and street thugs, bullying each other, throwing around money, and...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 16, 2016 | Bible
We ran an experiment this year. I decided to form an online discussion group at the Grace Learning Center that would focus on the Narrative Lectionary text and the sermon from the preceding week. Every Tuesday since the beginning of the year I have made a video (vlog)...
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by Steve Thomason | Mar 11, 2016 | Theology
How do you react when you hear the word theology or theologian? Does it seem stale, boring, irrelevant? Or, does it seem like something for snobs? I have surprising news. You might be a theologian. If you have ever… Felt like something was “good,”...
