by Steve Thomason | Mar 19, 2013 | Books - Trinity, The Trinity
E. Byron Anderson says: In their attempts to work out a practical theology of the Trinity, LaCugna, Moltmann, and Boff share three points. They argue, first, that language about the Trinity is inherently and primarily doxological. Second, a reading of the history of...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 16, 2013 | Spiritual Formation
Halldorf, Joel. “Unity through Spirit and Praxis: An Unsystematic Approach to Pentecostalism and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.” Ecumenical Review 59, no. 4 (2007): 483-490. This morning I was following some trails along the lines of...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 15, 2013 | Art, Caricatures
Here’s another day-off doodle. I haven’t done a caricature in a while, so I thought I’d draw one of my newest favorite TV show characters. Have you seen Elementary yet? This caricature is done in Painter X with soft charcoal. Once the black and white...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 15, 2013 | Lecture Notes, News
These are my class notes from this past Wednesday. Dr. Keifert explained why he used the phrase “listen your partner into free speech.” He says that free speech is not possible without deep listening.
by Steve Thomason | Mar 12, 2013 | Personal Journal, The Trinity
I am an emerging scholar. In other words, I still don’t know exactly what I’m doing and I get really happy when something works and seems scholarly. Something like that happened to me last night. I am working on my dissertation proposal right now. The...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 11, 2013 | sermons2013
listen to the audio. Text: Luke 16:19-31 I want to talk about tables and gates. I love tables. They are things that bring people together. Take a moment and think about one of your favorite table moments. Maybe it was sitting at the kids table at family gatherings....
by Steve Thomason | Mar 9, 2013 | Spiritual Formation
I’m preaching on Luke 16:19-31 this weekend–the story of the rich man and Lazarus. A friend posted this YouTube video on his facebook page and I thought it was worth sharing, especially in light of the parable at hand. Here are two key frames I captured...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 8, 2013 | Animation, Sketches
I actually took a day off today! I got an itch to animate, so I did this silly little doodle on Animation Creator HD on my iPad.
by Steve Thomason | Mar 8, 2013 | Personal Updates
That title sounds like it could be the opening line to a vampire novel. Sorry, I’m not going to talk about sparkly hunks and hotties with purple eyes. But, it does help when you’re already dead. The past two weeks have been more intense than usual in my...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 8, 2013 | sermons2013
Text: Luke 15:1-32 Oh, its’ you. I’m so glad to see you! I can’t believe it. I’m so excited, we need to have a party. Hit it! [music plays] We’ll talk later. Oh, it’s you. What just happened there? No offense, I was just doing an object lesson. _ Have you ever been on...