by Steve Thomason | Feb 9, 2013 | Animation, Thketches
The vine is the central image of the Gospel. It demonstrates the perichoretic power of the Gospel. That is the power of indwelling the other as demonstrated in the...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 8, 2013 | News
This is a visual presentation of my Dissertation Proposal. Press play to watch it run automatically, or interact with the Prezi directly by clicking and dragging. Enjoy!
by Steve Thomason | Feb 4, 2013 | Youth Ministry
“OK, everybody,” I said, “There is an iPod hidden in this room and if you find it, you can keep it. Go!” That is how I started the lesson yesterday. It was the first Sunday of February, which means we launched the next topic in our How Do I...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 1, 2013 | Personal Journal
Today is the day. In three and a half hours I will be sitting down at a workstation in the computer lab at Luther Seminary with a 750 word essay written in Theological German in front of me. The assignment: translate it in two hours. This will be my third attempt to...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 29, 2013 | sermons2013
Listen to the sermon audio Text: Luke 5:1-11 and Isaiah 6:1-8 There is no manuscript to read for this sermon because I never wrote one. There was a huge funeral in the week leading up to this sermon so I did not have a chance to write it out. It was plotted out fairly...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 28, 2013 | Personal Updates
The week of intensity is over. My senior pastor has returned, and I am taking a day off today. I didn’t realize how much I needed to rest until I was sitting in the chair this morning and didn’t want to move, at all. I’m so grateful for a fantastic...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 28, 2013 | sermons2013
Listen to the sermon audio “Give me liberty, or give me…death” Who said that? Patrick Henry. These are the words that swung the opinion of the Virginia Convention to join the revolution against the British Empire. Patrick Henry had a dream of liberty and freedom for...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 22, 2013 | ministry, Personal Updates
This week I get to feel the full impact of being the Associate Pastor. Our senior pastor is gone for the week on a much-deserved 25th wedding anniversary trip with his wife. That means I preached last weekend and will preach again this weekend. When he left I said,...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 20, 2013 | Art, Sermons, Spiritual Formation
This is a graphic I made for this week’s sermon. Do we run in the rat race which is restricted to pursuing your individual freedom, or do we run the God race, g-race, in which God runs toward all people and invites us to join in. Have we been set free from...
