by Steve Thomason | Jul 2, 2014 | Personal Journal
I am taking six weeks off from working at the church in order to focus on writing my dissertation. Two of those weeks will be vacation and four of them will be full-time, hard-core writing. I met with my advisor yesterday and she gave me some good direction and...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 30, 2014 | Personal Journal, The Trinity
My recent reading of Ernest Simmons’ book—The Entangled Trinity—inspired me to go back and look at these first Thketches I did in December, 2011. They demonstrate how panentheism seemed to be the more likely model. These were my first attempts at Thketches,...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 30, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies, The Missional Church, The Trinity
The Star Tribune ran an opinion piece in yesterday’s paper that highlights an important demographic study commissioned by the Met Council. (read the simplified report or the actual Demographic study – Trends, Preferences, and Opportunities) The following...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 30, 2014 | Books - Trinity, How Do We Think?, The Trinity
Simmons, Ernest L. The Entangled Trinity: Quantum Physics and Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2014. I need to give a special thanks to my friend, Pastor Kevin Doely, for recommending this book. The Author: Ernest Simmons My Summary Ernest Simmons proposes that...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 30, 2014 | Personal Journal, The Trinity
Ernest Simmons showed a picture of a Moebius Triangle to depict the superposition of the persons of the Trinity. ((Simmons, Ernest L. The Entangled Trinity: Quantum Physics and Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014. 152.)) At first I saw the mind-bending...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 30, 2014 | Bible, Personal Journal, The Trinity
The following is the manuscript from a sermon I wrote for this past weekend. I preached it at the Saturday night service and it did not go well as a spoken sermon. This is due partly to the fact that I didn’t follow my manuscript well and the projectionist got...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 25, 2014 | sermons2014
God’s words of promise from Grace Lutheran – Andover, MN Text: Exodus 20:1-11 I’d like to start today by running a little experiment. Listen to these two statements. If I said, “YOU will read the whole Bible,” How would you interpret...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 25, 2014 | Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Dreyer, Elizabeth and Mark S. Burrows, editors. Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. The following Prezi is a visual way to interact with the notes that come below it. I created this Prezi during...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 23, 2014 | Books - Missional Church, How Do We Think?, The Missional Church
Newbigin, Lesslie. The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans; WCC Publications 1989. The Author – Lesslie Newbigin Key Quotes “If the gospel is to challenge the public life of our society, if Christians are to occupy the “high...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 23, 2014 | Books - Missional Church, How Do We Think?, The Missional Church
Newbigin, Lesslie. Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1986. Author – Lesslie Newbigin My Reflection (this reflection was originally written in January, 2012 for the course Vocation of the...
