Wednesday, February 25. Matthew 13:44-58. Imagine that there was a field that was up for sale and it cost $500,000.00. That sounds like a lot of money, doesn’t it? You would probably never consider buying it, would you? Now, imagine that you had discovered that...
Tuesday, February 24. Matthew 13:24-43. I once heard a wise pastor say, “If you are looking for the perfect church, and you find one, don’t join it. Because if you join it, then it won’t be perfect anymore.” Ouch. The fact is that there are no...
Monday, February 23, 2015. Psalm 32:1-2. Imagine that all your sin–all the envy, bitterness, hatred, fear, gossip, selfishness–is like a heavy, stinky, nasty coat that you’ve been wearing that makes you want to throw up it is so bad. Yet, it has been...
Living Upside Down | A Sermon for Ash Wednesday from Matthew 18:1-9 from Grace Lutheran – Andover, MN Listen to the audio CLICK HERE. Narrative Lectionary Text: Matthew 18:1-9. Do we have any pilots in the room? I want you to verify something for me. When a...
Lent has begun! Here are four ways you can engage in the Lenten Journey. The first three are listed at http://www.graceandover.org/lent You can join The Overflow Class online at https://www.stevethomason.net/spiritual-formation/grace If you want to receive the daily...
I received this email yesterday: I recently fell in love with the stations of the cross iPad drawings you created… (they were hanging in a prayer room at the FORMA conference in Houston TX that I attended last month) I wanted you to know that I created a lenten...
Friday, February 20. Matthew 12:33-50. Let’s imagine that you have a tube of toothpaste. Now, imagine that you paint the outside of the tube black, and then take a label from a tube of glue and paste it onto the tube of toothpaste. If you handed that tube to a...
Thursday, February 19. Matthew 12:15-32. Jesus is turning the world upside down. That is our theme for Lent this year. Do you know what happens when you turn the world upside down? The people who thought they were on top are suddenly on the bottom. That doesn’t...
I met with my thesis advisor and one of the readers on my panel yesterday to discuss the state of my dissertation. The question that had the most emotional impact came when my reader asked, “How important is it that you graduate this May as opposed to next...
Ash Wednesday, February 18. Matthew 18:1-9. Would you like to be a child again? It is not uncommon for high school students and adults to say, “wouldn’t it be great to be a kid again. Not a care in the world.” Let’s face it. Kids in our country...
