by Steve Thomason | Oct 4, 2013 | Art, Sketches
I found this old sketch today. So, I thought I would bring it into Procreate on my iPad and paint it up. Enjoy!
by Steve Thomason | Oct 4, 2013 | Spiritual Formation
Cultivating a Romance The key to developing a strong relationship with God is to simply commit to the relationship, not the ritual. We are called to love God, not perform for God and hope God loves us. God does love us and invites us to cultivate this divine romance....
by Steve Thomason | Sep 30, 2013 | Sermons
Have you ever asked the question, “Why?” Perhaps, you’ve asked it this way, “What’s the point?” I run into this question a lot as I interact with people, and as I reflect on my own life. Somewhere along the way we picked up the idea...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 27, 2013 | Personal Journal
The journey began in June of 2011. That was the month I began studying for Entrance Exams for the PhD in Congregational Mission and Leadership at Luther Seminary. I had no idea what to expect. Since that day I have read hundreds of books, written countless papers,...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 25, 2013 | Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Wuthnow, Robert. After Heaven: Spirituality in America since the 1950s. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. The Author Robert Wuthnow Professor of Sociology at Princeton University Selected Quote “It is thus practice, rather than a spirituality of...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 24, 2013 | Books - Adult Learning, Books - Religious Education, Religious Education, Spiritual Formation
Fowler, James W. Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981. The Author James Fowler Charles Howard Candler Professor of Theology and Human Development at Emory University. Stages of Faith...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 21, 2013 | Adult Learning, Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation, The Trinity
This paragraph from the conclusion of Philip Sheldrake’s book Spirituality and Theology summarizes exactly why I am pursuing my particular research question. Trinity matters because it is the basis of spiritual formation, engagement with the environment, and...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 17, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies
Jackson, Kenneth T. Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. The Author Kenneth Jackson Professor of History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University My Thoughts Jackson’s work—Crabgrass Frontier—is...
