by Steve Thomason | Aug 30, 2014 | The Missional Church
Deep in the Burbs is a story about the church and the belief that the missional church–missional ecclesiology–offers hope for the church in the twenty-first century. A missional ecclesiology is an understanding that the mission of the Triune God ((I will...
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by Steve Thomason | Aug 29, 2014 | Art, Book Reviews, Spiritual Formation
I needed to take a little break from sermon writing this afternoon, so I found myself standing in front of my bookshelf and letting my eyes wander. I do that sometimes. It seems like the Spirit often draws me there because there is something I need to read. One...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 28, 2014 | Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation
This is how the internet works…for some of us, anyway. I was on Facebook and saw two of my academic colleagues–Ken Reynhout and Josh de Keijzer–shared a post by Peter Enns that was written by Jeannine Brown. (check out the animation I did for...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 26, 2014 | Devos
Do you have any heroes? They may be sports heroes, political heroes, personal heroes. All heroes have two things in common. First, they save people. That’s what heroes do, right? A sports hero saves a team from losing. A political hero saves a nation from dying....
by Steve Thomason | Aug 25, 2014 | Devos
We are coming to the final week of our series on Ruth. I recommend you read this commentary from Kathryn Schifferdecker.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 23, 2014 | The Trinity
Deep in the Burbs is a story of the Triune God. The research question asks “How might an increased awareness of the social Trinity impact the ideation and praxis of spiritual formation in suburban ELCA congregations?” It might be easy to think of this as if the social...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 22, 2014 | Devos
Many of you will return to school in the next week or two. Some of you have already started. One of the scariest moments of the new school year is when you enter the cafeteria and wonder where you are going to sit. This is the great dividing of the population,...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 21, 2014 | sermons2014
Narrative Lectionary Text: Ruth 1:1-22 It is good to be back. I’ve been on a sabbatical for the past six weeks so that I can focus on writing my dissertation. First, let me officially say thank you to Pastor Mark, the vision board, and all of you for allowing me...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 21, 2014 | sermons2011
Here are links to sermons that I preached from the Revised Common Lectionary: Year A, back in 2011. We have since switched to the Narrative Lectionary at Grace, but I offer these sermons up to anyone who is preaching the RCL this fall. Enjoy! Confront in Love: A...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 21, 2014 | Devos
Read Ruth 2:4-13 There are basically two kinds of people in the world. There are those who have and there are those who don’t have. It’s not necessarily fair, but it is true. There are those who have money, power, success, popularity, etc. The haves can...
