by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2015 | Spiritual Formation
This short animation is designed to provide a simple way to structure a quiet time with God through scripture, prayer, and creative expression. Read more about quiet...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2015 | Law and Gospel, Lecture Notes
The Law and Gospel class began on Wednesday. I am the TA for this class and feel privileged to sit in with this fine group of students to hear two masters teach us. I intend to post my visual notes each week. (I’ll be out of town next...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 7, 2015 | sermons2015, The Missional Church
This is the fourth and final sermon in our series on Tough Questions. What is the Big Deal about Church? In an age when more and more people choose to disengage from organized religion and would rather be considered spiritual, but not religious, how should we think...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 6, 2015 | Caricatures, Illustration
Here’s another piggification for one of my favorite clients The Piggery.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 29, 2015 | sermons2015
One of the tough questions that the congregation asked was: Does prayer really make a difference. This sermon will explore that important question. What is prayer, and why should we pray? Advance the PowerPoint as you listen [slideshare...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 29, 2015 | Sermons
I have recently developed a workflow for sermon preparation that places visuals as the dominant force in the communication process. This has been very helpful to me, so I would like to briefly share it with you. this is the final PowerPoint of the example sermon...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 28, 2015 | The Journey
The September 2015 edition of The Journal of the American Academy of Religion arrived yesterday. I was drawn to the article by C.W. Huntington, Jr. “The Triumph of Narcissism: Theravada Buddhist Meditation in the Marketplace.” (624-648) Huntington offers a...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 26, 2015 | Sermons
The tough question we will deal with in this week’s sermon is: Does prayer really make a difference? If we are honest, then we know that sometimes we pray for people to get well, and they die. Other times they are healed. Sometimes we get the thing we pray for,...
