by Steve Thomason | Mar 3, 2012 | Theology
Dr. Simpson gave us his “Descartes 101” lecture yesterday. Great stuff. It is no wonder that rationalism rose to supremacy when you consider the fact that 20 million people died in the Thirty Years War. The thinkers of Europe said, “thanks, but you...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 1, 2012 | Personal Journal
We covered church history from 300 – 900 in class today. The church has always been polycentric. That means it has always had multiple forms in many parts of the world, from the very beginning. We (I) have been raised on such a Eurocentric view of the church...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 24, 2012 | Theology
Dr. Simpson gave a great lecture on Plato, Artistotle, and Plotinus today. Here are my notes.
by Steve Thomason | Feb 19, 2012 | ministry, Sketches
I spent the day as a visitor to the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly. It was a special Assembly to elect a new bishop. I was a visitor because I am not yet rostered and I am not a voting member from the congregation. I’m still in no man’s land. It’s...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 13, 2012 | ministry, Theology
When any Christian community becomes preoccupied with self-existence (rather than missional existence) and with power (rather than self-emptying), the Christian identity wanes. Christian history, like the history of Israel, is both the tale of God’s cruciform...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 9, 2012 | Personal Journal
The following excerpt is from a document written by Patrick Kiefert. It was given to us by Gary Simpson as an explanation of how our class will be structured. I really resonated with this… The conversation expects much of the living Christian tradition,...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 4, 2012 | Sketches
Autodesk Sketchbook Pro is pretty cool. I’m still getting used to it, but it can do more than I expected. Here’s a quick sketch I just did.
by Steve Thomason | Feb 3, 2012 | Youth Ministry
J-Term has come to an end. It has been an interesting month. This past week has been an especially interesting juxtaposition of experiences. Last weekend I spent 48 hours with 20 high school students at a Winter retreat. We had some God moments, and some great fun...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 1, 2012 | Illustration, Youth Ministry
These are a couple quick illustrations I did for our Catechism lesson tonight. Can you guess the topic?
by Steve Thomason | Jan 31, 2012 | Caricatures, Sketches
I downloaded the WordPress app to my ipad today. It allows me to insert photos into blog posts. This is wonderful because that feature doesn’t work through the iPad browser. Here is a sketch I did of a classmate today using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro on the iPad....
