by Steve Thomason | Sep 21, 2018 | Art, Spiritual Formation
Part of A Deep Life is finding ways to meditate. I find painting a very helpful way to slow down, focus my mind, and release my spirit to listen to God. I really love painting in Procreate on the iPad Pro. The cool thing about this app is that you can export the video...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 20, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
What are the three questions we must ask when we take a trip? Where Am I? Where Am I Going? How Will I Get there? This sermon explores A Deep Life with the metaphor of a journey, and applies these questions to the process of growing in faith. How can we continue...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 18, 2018 | Devos
I experienced another happy convergence this morning. Our texts for the weekend are John 17:20-24, Acts 2:42, and Colossians 3:14-17. Our theme in this third week of A Deep Life is Growing Together. The Spiritual Journey is not a solo adventure. We are not lone...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 17, 2018 | Books - Adult Learning, Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics
I read The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt. I had seen it in the bookstore, and heard it mentioned a few places, most notably by Tripp Fuller on the Homebrewed Christianity podcast. So, I thought I should read it. I’m so glad I did. This is one of those books...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 14, 2018 | Spiritual Formation
I am very pleased to announce that we will offer The Journey at Easter Lutheran Church this year. I will lead a large group/small group meeting at Easter by the Lake on the third Tuesday of each month for anyone who would like to experience the journey with me....
by Steve Thomason | Sep 13, 2018 | Spiritual Formation
This week we focus on the fact that the Deep Life is like a Journey. Everyone is somewhere on their spiritual journey. Our key text for this week is Colossians 2:6-7. (see more on Colossians here). We looked at this text during the summer. Here it is annotated: Do you...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 12, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This is the introductory sermon to the series A Deep Life and looks at Psalm 1:1-3 and John 15:1-5. We live in a busy world that pulls us in many directions. A Deep Life is one that takes a breath and sinks roots deeply into the Love of God, through Jesus Christ, in...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
Why is there so much violence done in Jesus’ name? Much of it comes from a misunderstanding of the metaphors found in the biblical book called the Revelation. This sermon revisits Revelation and demonstrates how the first and second coming of Jesus don’t...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 7, 2018 | Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies
I’ve been wrestling with the first sermon in our new series A Deep Life all day. My problem is that I have SO MUCH to say that I’m afraid a) I will overwhelm people, and b) it will go too long. I am so excited about this series, because it hits the core of...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 6, 2018 | Spiritual Formation
What does it mean to have a Deep Life? Meditate on this image for a while. What do you see? How is each figure related to the ocean? There are five figures in this image. Each one has a relationship with the ocean. Each relationship is good and valid. Yet, each one...
