by Steve Thomason | Nov 26, 2018 | podcast, Sermons
Advent begins this week. This is my ninth Advent Season in the mainline world. I didn’t grow up with Advent as part of my tradition in the Baptist and Evangelical worlds, so I have been growing deeper in my understanding and teaching each year. Today I thought I...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 21, 2018 | Art
Art is life. I love it and I am so thankful that I serve a congregation that allows me to fully embrace my artist self in ministry. We are going to celebrate the FEAST tonight (Festival at Easter of Art, Sound, and Thanksgiving). It is something that our worship...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 20, 2018 | Devos
Our theme for this weekend is “Grateful” and the texts are Deuteronomy 26:1-11 and Luke 17:11-19. I offer the illustration above as a visual meditation on the Greek word that we translate giving thanks. It is the word used when the one Samaritan leper returns to thank...
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by Steve Thomason | Nov 19, 2018 | podcast, Sermons
I draw original images for almost every sermon I preach. I’d love to share them with you. Scroll down and see if you would like any of these PowerPoint Presentations. Click the Download Button and pay what you think they’re worth. Take them for free if you...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 14, 2018 | Bible
This post is a test drive of my new Cartoonist’s Guide to the Bible Index page. I’d love to hear your feedback in the comments. What is the Bible? A Quick Index Click the book title to get more illustrations and commentary Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 13, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon begins a three week series on Generosity. In ______ We Trust? What would you fill in that gap? Americans have been trained to say, “God” because it is printed on all our money. I wonder how true it is. Genesis 3:1-13 sets the stage for the...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 7, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon happened both on All Saints Day and one week after the Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh. Worship is the communal practice that shapes us into particular communities, AND ALSO unites us across religious boundaries to the infinite, eternal flame of...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 5, 2018 | Fiction
Have You Read Pleroma Yet? November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Each year this event prompts me to do two things. I like to promote my novel: Pleroma. It is book one in the Nectar Trilogy. It is the 10th Anniversary of it’s writing!!! Learn more here....
by Steve Thomason | Nov 3, 2018 | Devos
Shabbat Shalom. That is the greeting you receive when you enter a Sabbath Service at a synagogue. It means Sabbath Peace. Those words had deep meaning for me last night. My two adult sons accompanied me as I met some of our ninth grade Confirmation students and...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 2, 2018 | Art
Another Inktober has come and gone. The challenge is to create one original pen and ink drawing per day in the month of October. It was started by Jake Parker over ten years ago. This is the third year I have done it. October was busy for me, so I only got 23 drawings...
