by Steve Thomason | Aug 31, 2024 | Art Pastor Live
This week I share the work I’ve been doing around the subject of worship. Two things converge for me this week: First, I am the new Dean of the Chapel at Luther Seminary and it is my responsibility to cultivate, steward, and shepherd the worship and spiritual life of our Seminary. Second, I am writing a course called Loving God with our Spirit for Faith+Lead Academy in which I talk about the spiritual practice of worship.
I spent all day on Friday visually thinking through the question, “Why are there so many worship styles, and how do I choose one that’s right for me?” I find that Toon Boom Storyboard Pro is an excellent tool to create multi-dimensional mind maps. If you’ve read my book The Visual Preacher then you know that I love creating mind maps to visually explore a sermon, or any presentation. This livestream is an example of that.
I hope you find this session interesting and helpful. I get rambling a bit, and definitely run out of time to go deeply into all the ideas I drew about.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 28, 2024 | Bible
This study guide will be a helpful companion to the 5-week series in the Epistle of James that begins this week in the Revised Common Lectionary.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 26, 2024 | Bible
Study the Book of James in September
The Revised Common Lectionary begins a 5-week series on James this week. Download a study I wrote for our network of house churches in Las Vegas Nevada in 2006-7. Each lesson contains study questions and a “Food for Thought” reflection/commentary. Enjoy!
Download 5-Week Study HERE.
Getting Prepped for Genesis?
The Narrative Lectionary will launch the annual trek through Genesis next week. CLICK HERE to get all your visual resources for Genesis ready to go. I’m especially excited to share my 4-page illustration of Genesis 2-3. Here’s a sample…
by Steve Thomason | Aug 23, 2024 | Art, Art Pastor Live, The Art of Discipleship
In this livestream session I talk about the Two Books that we read to learn about God: the book of nature and the book of scripture. I also work on an illustration for Science and the Church of how photosynthesis works in trees.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 19, 2024 | Bible
We finish the series on Ephesians this week with an exploration of the Armor of God. Ephesians encourages its readers to be strong in the Lord. How can we stand strong today without misusing the concept of strength?
by Steve Thomason | Aug 15, 2024 | Art Pastor Live, The Art of Discipleship
What does it mean to frame a subject? Join me as we discuss different frameworks for discussing discipleship and watch as I begin to draw the frames of our conversation in Clip Studio Paint on the iPad.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 12, 2024 | Bible
Download visual resources to help you preach, teach, and study the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for August 18, 2024.
David Dies and Solomon asks for Wisdom in 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14
Wisdom Offers the Bread of Life in Proverbs 9:1-6
The Way of Wisdom in Ephesians 5:15-20
Eat My Flesh and Abide in Me in John 6:51-58
For the Narrative Lectionary
The Lion’s Den in Daniel 6:6-27
by Steve Thomason | Aug 10, 2024 | Art Pastor Live, The Art of Discipleship
In this session of Art Pastor Live I define the term discipleship and then play with the metaphor by drawing a disciple ship in procreate on my iPad. Enjoy!
by Steve Thomason | Aug 9, 2024 | Personal Updates
It was announced yesterday that I have been appointed Dean of the Chapel at Luther Seminary. This post is my reflection on how the cloud led us, quite unexpectedly, to this moment.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 6, 2024 | Art Pastor Live, The Art of Discipleship
In this episode of The Art Pastor Live you are invited to watch me create the images in Photoshop for the Why Jesus presentation. We geek out about the theology of discipleship and the process of creating digital paintings
