by Steve Thomason | Sep 6, 2025 | Bible
This week’s Gospel reading (Luke 14:25–33) is a hard one. Jesus turns to the crowd and says:
“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.”
That word—hate—lands with a sting. It was provocative in Jesus’ day, and it feels even sharper in ours. What could he possibly mean?
In this visual meditation, I slow down and enter the text with my pen, letting images, movement, and scripture interweave. As I draw, I listen for the deeper challenge of discipleship: Is Jesus calling us to despise our families? Or, is there something deeper? Is he calling us to deal with the cost of following him.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 22, 2025 | Art Pastor Live
On Thursday, August 21, at 7:00pm CT I livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook for an hour. I created an original image from scratch in Procreate on my iPad Pro. Bring your art supplies and create with me, or simply sit back and allow my creative process to be a...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 15, 2025 | Art Pastor Live
On Thursday, August 14, at 7:00pm CT I livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook for an hour. I created an original image from scratch in Procreate on my iPad Pro. Bring your art supplies and create with me, or simply sit back and allow my creative process to be a...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 12, 2025 | Devos
What is the portrait of Jesus that you carry with you? If you have a moment, stop right now and either draw a quick image, or jot down a few words that would describe what Jesus is like for you in your imagination. I wonder if it matches the guy who spoke the words...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 11, 2025 | Art Pastor Live, Personal Updates
On Thursday, August 7, at 7:00pm CT I livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook for an hour. I created an original image from scratch in Procreate on my iPad Pro. Bring your art supplies and create with me, or simply sit back and allow my creative process to be a...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 5, 2025 | Devos
Faith is the theme that runs through the lectionary texts today. What does faith mean to you? Hebrews 11:1 says, “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” The first reading reminds us that Abraham’s faith was...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 2, 2025 | Bible
https://youtu.be/sv9GgpHH-Bk The Visual Lectionary is a weekly resource where I take the texts from the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary and link them to visual resources that I have created over 30 years of ministry as a pastor and teacher....
by Steve Thomason | Aug 1, 2025 | Art Pastor Live
On Thursday, July 31, at 7:00pm CT I livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook for an hour. I created an original image from scratch in Procreate on my iPad Pro. Bring your art supplies and create with me, or simply sit back and allow my creative process to be a...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 1, 2025 | Art Pastor Live
On Thursday, July 24, at 7:00pm CT I livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook for an hour. I created an original animation from scratch in Procreate Dreams on my iPad Pro. Bring your art supplies and create with me, or simply sit back and allow my creative process to be a...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 31, 2025 | Devos
Do you ever look around and think, what is the point of all this? It seems like rich, greedy, power-hungry people keep winning while the poor, marginalized people continue to suffer. Well-meaning people keep yelling at each other and the world becomes more deeply...
