by Steve Thomason | Jul 17, 2012 | Sermons
Conflict. Unfortunately, this is a far too ordinary place for most of us. We see conflict all around us, at every level of life. Israel is threatening war with Iraq, Republicans and Democrats are slinging mud at each other, and the children in the backseat of our cars...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 13, 2012 | Bible, Spiritual Formation, Theology
Pastor Mark is going to use this curriculum as one of our course offerings in Sunday Evenings @ Grace this Fall. Check out this intro.
by Steve Thomason | Jul 3, 2012 | Art, Illustration
I finished my final exam this afternoon, so I spent a few minutes this evening scrolling through my old artwork. I came across this piece that I did as a conceptual proposal to a client. They rejected this style, but, despite that, this is still on of my favorite...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 28, 2012 | sermons2012
What makes you afraid? I think many of us have a certain level of phobia lurking around inside. I know I suffer from Cnidophobia. That’s the fear of stings. Seriously, ever since I was a little kid I’ve been terrified of flying stinging bugs. Even now, when a bee or...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 21, 2012 | Art, Sketches
An old friend from Vegas found this drawing I did almost twenty years ago and sent this picture of it to me last night.
by Steve Thomason | Jun 19, 2012 | Sermons
I’m going to preach on Mark 4:34-41 this week. click here to read the sermon teaser. What makes you afraid? That’s an open ended question. anyone?
by Steve Thomason | Jun 14, 2012 | sermons2012
listen to the sermon online Mark 3:19-35 “Are you crazy?” “What would possess you to do something like that?” Have you ever heard those words before? If you’re a parent you’ve probably said them before. You walk in on your kids and they’ve creatively redecorated their...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 5, 2012 | Sermons
The text this week is Mark 3:20-35. Here are my preliminary thoughts about it, and the introduction to our summer series on Ordinary Time. This week we move into Ordinary Time. This is the time of the year where we set aside the pomp and circumstance of the big holy...
by Steve Thomason | May 31, 2012 | Art, Caricatures
Woke up around 3:00am and couldn’t get back to sleep. So, I got up and painted this of Micki. We attended her Senior Recognition Event last night. She is officially done with high school and graduates on...
by Steve Thomason | May 25, 2012 | Sketches, Theology
These are my class notes from Trinity and Mission with Dr. Gary Simpson. I took the class at Luther Seminary this Spring 2012. I took the notes on my iPad using Noteshelf. From noteshelf I uploaded them to my dropbox account, then on my desktop uploaded them to my...