by Steve Thomason | Mar 17, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, March 17. Matthew 22:15-33. Jesus was asked two huge questions today. Why do you suppose the people asked these questions? What was the heart of their questions? Did they really want Jesus to teach them? Absolutely not! They wanted to trap him in his answers...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 16, 2015 | Devos
Monday, March 16. Psalm 43:1-5. I’ll keep it really short today. If you ever feel like you are overwhelmed in life, or that there are bad people or bad circumstances mounting up against you, then Psalm is for you. Read it slowly. Be mindful of every word. What...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 13, 2015 | Devos
Friday, March 13. Matthew 21:28-32. Have you ever found that there is a big gap between what you say you want to do and what you actually do? Are you a “sayer” or a “doer?” It is one thing to say that you are going to train every day and run a...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 12, 2015 | sermons2015
listen to the audio CLICK HERE. When my kids were little I worked at the hotel in Vegas and our shops were open from 8am to 1am every day of the year. I had to be disciplined and guard my time at home very carefully. One evening I was at home mowing my lawn. Lona...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 12, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, March 12. Matthew 21:23-27. I have a very simple thought for today. The Pharisees did not want to answer Jesus’ question because they were afraid of the crowd. How often do we hold back on speaking our minds because we are afraid of what people might...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 11, 2015 | Devos
Wednesday, March 11. Matthew 21:12-22. Jesus got pretty worked up in today’s reading. He barged into the temple, flipped over the money changers’ tables, called the religious leaders a den of thieves, and cursed a fig tree for not bearing fruit. The...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 10, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, March 10. Matthew 20:17-34. Have you ever become someone’s friend, or maybe even dated someone, so that you could become part of their world? Maybe it was because they were part of the popular crowd, or maybe it was because their family had money and...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 9, 2015 | Devos
Monday, March 9. Psalm 45:1-17. Each Monday we read a Psalm that is somehow connected to the reading from Matthew of the previous Sunday. Yesterday the text for the week was Matthew 22:1-14 and was the parable of a King who invited people to attend the wedding feast....
by Steve Thomason | Mar 8, 2015 | Art, Live Art, Spiritual Formation
A few weeks ago i posted that a pastor in California printed my sketches of the stations of the Cross for a prayer chapel. She took pictures and sent them to me. This is so cool. From iPad, to WordPress, to Printer, to wall in another state, by a total stranger: this...
