by Steve Thomason | Jul 3, 2018 | Personal Updates
My dear friends in cyberspace. I begin a digital fast today. The plan is to stay away from email, social media, and my compulsive need to blog and share articles on Facebook between now and July 22. I hope to read at least one book in a paper format, paint with real...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 29, 2018 | Devos
I have discovered a poetic beauty in 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 that I have never seen before. Allow me to step through each section of the text visually. I have written the English words in the order of the Greek language, so that you may see the structural beauty of this...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 27, 2018 | Devos
Our sermon this weekend is part of the Alive Series and is based on Brian McLaren’s book We Make the Road by Walking, specifically chapter 43. It is titled Spirit of Love: Loving Neighbor. The chapter is so good that I decided to create a visual outline of it to...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 20, 2018 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
The preaching text for this weekend is Ephesians 3:14-19. Paul has just explained to the churches around Ephesus why he has been suffering. His mission is to proclaim that ALL PEOPLE—Jew AND Gentile—are loved by God and are called to live together in equality as the...
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by Steve Thomason | Jun 19, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This is the second sermon from the Summer Worship Series: Alive! The question today is “How do we walk in the Spirit?” Colossians 2:6-7 gives us three keys to understanding what it means to walk in the Spirit and keep in step with how God is moving in the...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 15, 2018 | podcast, Sermons
Here is the mind map for the sermon this week. We need to combine the topic of Walking in the Spirit, grounded in Colossians 2:6-7, with Father’s Day. It begins with a visual exegesis of the text. Then a visual organizing of thoughts. Pray that the sermon comes...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 13, 2018 | Devos
What does it mean to walk in the Spirit, and, more importantly, how do we do it? That is the big question for our sermon this weekend. The primary text is Colossians 2:6-7, and the supplemental text is John 15:1-8. Here’s the Colossians image again. This verse...
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by Steve Thomason | Jun 11, 2018 | Devos
Our lead pastor submitted her resignation last week after three months of being on medical leave. I have a myriad of responses. First, I grieve the loss of a colleague in ministry. Kris and I met at the Bishop’s Theological Conference of the Minneapolis Area...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 8, 2018 | Devos
The text for our worship this weekend is Acts 1:6-11. This is the first week of the Alive! Summer worship series. The guys over at The Bible Project couldn’t have had better timing. They just released the first video of a four-part series on the Book of Acts. This...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 5, 2018 | Devos
The Alive Series begins this week. It centers on the Holy Spirit. This is our summer worship series that follows Part IV of Brian McLaren’s book We Make the Road by Walking. He sums up this week’s chapter with these words: Wind. Breath. Fire. Cloud. Water. Wine. A...
