by Steve Thomason | Dec 19, 2013 | Personal Journal
I came across a great article today at the ABD Survival Guide that talks about overcoming the feeling that you are an imposter. This has been one of my biggest struggles in the PhD process. I constantly tell myself, “You aren’t smart enough to get a...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 17, 2013 | Spiritual Formation
I came across the work of James B. Ashbrook yesterday in my continued investigation of how the soul, mind, and body are interrelated. Ashbrook dedicated much of his career to studying the neuroscience of the brain and how the bimodal (right-brain/left-brain)...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 13, 2013 | Personal Journal
I received the official letter from Dr. Lokken at Luther Seminary today. It says, “I am pleased to inform you on behalf of the Graduate Theological Education Advisory Committee that your PhD thesis proposal has been approved. Congratulations! You are now...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 12, 2013 | Animation, Illustration
This was a one-day collaborative effort between me and Jonathan Orwig. The image was inspired by Isaiah 55:1-13, Advent 3, and the upcoming sermon. Last week, in Advent 2, we saw the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37. This week we reach the climax of the Gospel in...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 7, 2013 | Sketches, Youth Ministry
Thanks to @PlanetWisdom for a great weekend!
by Steve Thomason | Dec 3, 2013 | sermons2013
Text: Daniel 3:1, 8-30 and John 18:36-37 [slideshare id=28845875&doc=advent1sermonslides-131203085610-phpapp02] Nebuchadnezzar. That’s just a fun name to say. Say it out loud with me. Neb-u-chad-nezz-ar. Then there’s Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Or...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 2, 2013 | postfoundational, Suburban Studies, The Missional Church, The Trinity
In this post I will connect the term The Kingdom of Heaven with Kathryn Tanner’s ideas in Theories of Culture. ((Tanner, Kathryn. Theories of Culture: A New Agenda for Theology Guides to Theological Inquiry. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.)) I will then...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 25, 2013 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, How Do We Think?
The Author – Charles Taylor A key concept that comes from the book is that of the buffered self. Taylor argues that modern, western civilization has disenchanted the cosmos and moved away from a porous self—in which the person can be influenced and...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 25, 2013 | Books - Trinity, Personal Journal, The Trinity
I am very pleased to have found Edmund Hill’s Translation of Augustine’s De Trinitate. Previously I had been reading Phillip Schaff’s late 19th century translation and found it difficult to digest. Hill brings a brightness to the text that I find...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 23, 2013 | Youth Ministry
I came across this list on Facebook and thought it was good stuff for the youth I love and work with every day. However, upon investigation, I learned that it was not written by Bill Gates. The list actually comes from the book 50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn in...
