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...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 7, 2013 | Adult Learning, The Trinity
I’ve done a little more digging into George H. Mead. His work definitely connects with my MeWe principle. Two websites here and here have summarized his work. I haven’t yet delved into his work directly, although I have located it. Mead, George Herbert,...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 3, 2013 | sermons2013
Listen to the audio Text: Luke 13:1-9, 31-35 Did you see this video clip of the meteor that exploded over Russia last week? Wasn’t that incredible? What would be going through someone’s mind at that moment? Ahhhh. We’re gonna die! It’s the end...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 2, 2013 | Lecture Notes, News
Here are my notes from class on February 27, 2013. Dr. Kiefert spent a good amount of time talking about how North American church leaders are “mesmerized by numbers” and are operating within the wrong narrative to interpret them. Rather than analyzing...
