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...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 12, 2013 | Books - Religious Education, Spiritual Formation
Conn, Walter E. Christian Conversion: A Developmental Interpretation of Autonomy and Surrender. New York: Paulist Press, 1986. The Author Walter E. Conn is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. He is also the editor of Horizons,...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 9, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies
Duany, Andres, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. 10th anniversary ed. New York: North Point Press, 2010. The Author Andrés Duany (born September 7, 1949) is an American architect and...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 8, 2013 | Bible, Spiritual Formation
This fall I invite you to join me in an adventure called Dwelling in the Word. This is an exercise in which a group of people listen to a particular passage from the Bible and then discuss it in pairs and as a large group. The process seeks to “listen people into free...
