by stevethomason | Jan 14, 2019 | Devos
This week we will preach on Matthew 4:1-17. The key text is vv. 1-11 where Jesus is led into the wilderness for 40 days and faces temptation. You can see my visual commentary on it at the Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew. Today, however, I want to share a video...
by stevethomason | Jan 9, 2019 | Devos
Thirty years have passed. The little boys of Matthew chapters 1 and 2 are now grown up. Elizabeth’s son, John, is a wild man, living out in the wilderness, eating locusts and honey, wearing a robe made of camel’s hair. He is preaching a bombastic message...
by stevethomason | Jan 6, 2019 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
Page 6 of The Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew covers Matthew 8:1-9:34. It provides a high speed montage of Jesus’ ministry of healing and power. He heals the marginalized and demonstrates power over the Sea, the demons, and Sin itself. The news of...
by stevethomason | Jan 2, 2019 | podcast, sermons2019
This is the first sermon in our series “Finding Our Way.” We will explore the life that Jesus’ invites us to live in, what he called, The Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 1 establishes that Jesus is the rightful heir to the throne of David and the...
by stevethomason | Dec 31, 2018 | Art, Personal Updates
It is New Year’s Eve. This is the moment we look back to see what God has done and look forward to dream what God might do in and through us in the new year. I will use this post to reflect on some of the big events and work I had the privilege to experience in...
by stevethomason | Dec 28, 2018 | Devos
There seems to be an increasing interest in genealogies and ancestry lately. Several companies advertise that you can send in a swab from your cheek and they can tell you what part of the world your ancestors inhabited. This is a helpful trend for those of us...
by stevethomason | Dec 26, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon concludes the four weeks of A Deeper Advent. We explore Mary’s beautiful prophetic poem–the magnificat–in Luke 1:46-55. Is it really loving for God to cast down some people and exalt others? Is there, perhaps, a deeper love that brings...
by stevethomason | Dec 19, 2018 | podcast, Sermons
We will preach through the Gospel of Matthew, following the Narrative Lectionary, beginning the weekend after Christmas (December 29/30). We’re calling the series “Finding Our Way.” The title was born out of three realities: The Gospel of Matthew...
by stevethomason | Dec 17, 2018 | Devos
The Final Advent Candle to be lit this weekend is named Love. The text is Luke 1:46-55. This passage is famously called The Magnificat. It is the song Mary sang after her cousin Elizabeth praised her for believing God’s Promise. Here’s the interesting thing about this...
by stevethomason | Dec 6, 2018 | Devos
Do you find it difficult to think of peace in our world today? Last week we lit the candle of hope. This week we light the candle of peace. Really? It doesn’t seem like there is a lot of peace in our world. I had the privilege of hanging out with our YOWIES last...
