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by Steve Thomason | Aug 3, 2014 | Personal Journal, Religious Education, Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church, The Trinity
I was sorting through some old notes this morning and I came across my visual notes from the CML Conference on the Missional Church and Digital Media. The presentations by Mary Hess and Elizabeth Drescher align so well with Deana Thompson And John Roberto’s...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 1, 2014 | Spiritual Formation
I wrote the following passage today while working on the Spiritual Formation Frame of my dissertation. It kind of wrote itself as I was working. What I mean is that I had no intention of including Willard in this section. Then, when I looked more closely at...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 1, 2014 | Books - Suburban Studies
Read Filling the Governance Gap by Allan Wallis, my annotated copy of this article. Wallis, Allan D. “Filling the Governance Gap.” National Civic Review 87, no. 1 (1998). Notes The dominant vision for regional growth Ownership of a detached single-family...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 1, 2014 | Books - Suburban Studies
Orfield, Myron. Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability. Cambridge, MA: Brookings Institution Press; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1997. Author – Myron Orfield Myron Orfield identifies six distinct types of suburban communities: at-risk...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 29, 2014 | Youth Ministry
OK, one more distraction before I get back to my dissertation writing. My son, Ethan, edited all the footage from VBS this year into one continuous movie (he also played one of the leads). #hifivesforJesus. Yes, the awkward Bible School Leader Dan is yours truly. This...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 29, 2014 | Sketches
Last night I decided to capture some pen and ink sketches (with a Uniball Signo Medium–my favorite!) from my most recent Moleskine sketchbook. Some of these were done back in June. The Moose and tree were from my trip to Denver couple weeks ago....
by Steve Thomason | Jul 28, 2014 | Bible, The Trinity
The Trinity is a key frame to my research and to the posing of the question. I will elaborate on my Trinitarian perspective later. For now, it is necessary to establish a Trinitarian understanding of the Word of God and how it is manifested in each mode of the Word. I...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 24, 2014 | ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology
The purpose of this conference–Rethinking Faith Formation, held at Luther Seminary–is to create a space where church leaders can gather for encouragement and be challenged to rethink how we cultivate faith formation practices in our local communities. Here...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 22, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, The Trinity
One of the underlying questions of my research is how the inner life of spirituality relates to the outer life in community. Which comes first? Do we relate to God through an inner life of prayer and meditation that then overflows to others? Or, do we connect to God...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 22, 2014 | Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation
Urban T. Holmes names the value of pursuing the study of Christian Spirituality as it has been experienced throughout history. “The answer should: broaden the limitations of our own horizons; free us to seek a pattern of discipline in the spiritual life that is...
