by Steve Thomason | Aug 21, 2013 | Books - Missional Church
Welcoming the Stranger: A Public Theology of Worship and Evangelism. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992. The Author Patrick Keifert is Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He has also been an adjunct professor at the School of Law,...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 21, 2013 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Farley, Edward. Practicing Gospel: Unconventional Thoughts on the Church’s Ministry. 1st ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003. The Author Edward Farley is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. He...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 19, 2013 | sermons2013
Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 listen to audio Unity in the Body | A Sermon on Ephesians 2:11-22 from Grace Lutheran – Andover, MN Last Friday Lona, Ethan, Micki and I went on a college visit to Concordia College in Moorhead. It was a really great day. At one point in...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 19, 2013 | Books - Missional Church
Ammerman, Nancy Tatom, and Arthur Emery Farnsley. Congregation & Community. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1997. The Author Dr. Nancy Ammerman has spent much of the last decade studying American congregations. Her most recent book, Pillars of Faith:...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 16, 2013 | Books - Trinity, The Trinity
Simpson, Gary. “No Trinity, No Mission: The Apostolic Difference of Revisioning the Trinity.” Word and World, vol. XVIII, number 3, Summer 1998. No Trinity No Mission – Simpson – flattened – my annotated copy of the article. The Author...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 14, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies
Marshall, Alex. How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken. 1st ed. Constructs Series. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. The Author A journalist and writer for a quarter century, Alex Marshall is the author of The Surprising Design of Market...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 14, 2013 | Sermons
I’m working in Ephesians 2:11-20 this week in preparation for the sermon. This is a sketch to help me visualize the role that the Trinity plays in fulfilling the promise of bringing all things to God. The Father/Mother/Creator is creating all things through the...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 13, 2013 | Sermons
What does peace really look like? How do you take two groups of people that are radically different from each other and get them to see eye-to-eye? Think about it. If one group of people believes that a certain act–lets say eating a certain type of...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 12, 2013 | sermons2013
ephesians01from Steve Thomason Text: Ephesians 1:1-14 I have an important question today. Are you a springer, or an oozer? I’m talking about how you get out of bed in the morning. Do you spring out of bed, excited to do what you have to do, or do you slowly ooze...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 12, 2013 | Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Dreyer, Elizabeth. Earth Crammed with Heaven: A Spirituality of Everyday Life. New York: Paulist Press, 1994. The Author Elizabeth Dreyer, professor of Religious Studies, has been a member of the Fairfield Faculty since 1999. Previous faculty appointments include the...
