by Steve Thomason | Mar 6, 2015 | Devos
Friday, March 5. Matthew 18:10-14. Have you ever picked up a deck of cards to play a game only to discover that there is a card missing from the deck? That is frustrating, because you can’t really play the game without all the cards. If you’re like me, you...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 5, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, March 5. Matthew 17:9-27. Things turn a sharp corner in Jesus’ life in today’s reading. He has just come down from the mountain of transfiguration where Peter, James, and John got to see a glimpse of his true glory. Now, he begins his death march...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 4, 2015 | sermons2015
Listen to the sermon CLICK HERE. Narrative Lectionary Text: Matthew 20:1-16. I have to admit something. This parable has always bugged me. I don’t like this, because I have been working hard my whole life. I had my first job as a sophomore in high school and have been...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 4, 2015 | Devos
Wednesday, March 4. Matthew 16:13-23. Do you ever dream of being something great; like a professional athlete, a famous actor, or a ground-breaking scientist? It is fun to dream about the fame and glory, but we often forget how much hard work it took for people to...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 3, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, March 3. Matthew 16:1-12. One Sunday morning, when my kids were little, it was time for my oldest daughter to move up to big kids’ Sunday School with her older brother. They were both very excited. As we walked into the room, I said to my son,...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 2, 2015 | Devos
Monday, March 2. Psalm 16:1-11. The big story for this week is found in Matthew 20:1-16. It is the parable of the Landowner who hires workers throughout the day to work in his field. At the end of the day he pays them all the same wage. The point of that parable is...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 27, 2015 | Devos
Friday, February 27. Matthew 14:34-15:20. Which do you think is a real fan? Is it the person who wears the jersey to the Superbowl party, but has never watched a game, or is it the person who knows about all the players, watches every game, but doesn’t own any...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 26, 2015 | Technology for Academics
I made a bold step today and dismantled my dissertation. My advisor said that the current draft is like a jigsaw puzzle. I have most of the pieces, but they need to be rearranged. I am a visual thinker, so the best way that I can think of dismantling and reshuffling a...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 26, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, February 26. Matthew 14:1-12. Our theme this Lent season is “Living Upside Down.” Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of Heaven is one in which the last are first, the weak are strong, God’s love is the currency, and the king has the...
![Tear it Down, Build it Again]()
by Steve Thomason | Feb 25, 2015 | Personal Journal
The current state of my dissertation reminds me of something that happened when we were building an addition to our house in Las Vegas. We hired a friend to be the general contractor and he had sub-contracted the framing to a carpenter that he trusted. The plan was to...
