by Steve Thomason | Feb 13, 2018 | Devos
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. This is the day that begins the season of Lent. We traditionally smear black ashes on our foreheads, in the sign of the cross, and proclaim, “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return” over each other. It’s...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 9, 2018 | Family Faith
Ash Wednesday is next week. This is the day that kicks off the forty-day journey toward Easter. It is a season when we, in the northern hemisphere, hunker down in the last weeks of winter and anticipate the coming of Spring and the celebration of new life in the...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 7, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon is from the Come and See series through the Gospel of John at Easter Lutheran Church in 2018. The text is John 4:1-42. Jesus had to go through Samaria because he had to show us where he abides. He sits in the light of day with a Samaritan Woman who has...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 6, 2018 | Devos
The following images will walk through John 9:1-10:21. This is the text from the Narrative Lectionary for this coming weekend. It tells the story of the sign Jesus gave by healing the man born blind. This sign points to the fact that Jesus is the Light of the World,...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 3, 2018 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Spirituality in Adult Learning
Andy Root is a professor at Luther Seminary and a thought leader in youth ministry, young adults, family, church, and culture. I had the privilege to hear Andy present the big concepts in his book Faith Formation in a Secular Age at Luther this week. I was on campus...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 2, 2018 | Family Faith
Family Dinner is an important time of connection. It has always been a big part of my family’s life. Even today, my young adult children live with us and we still gather around the dinner table at 6:00pm. It is a physical space and family ritual that feeds both...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 1, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon continues the Come and See Series through the Gospel of John. Nicodemus visits Jesus at night in John 3:1-21. Jesus tells him that unless you are born again/from above you cannot see or enter the Kingdom of God. What does this mean? What does it mean to...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 30, 2018 | Devos
Our text this week from the Narrative Lectionary is John 4:1-42. Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well in the light of day.
by Steve Thomason | Jan 28, 2018 | Devos
Did you know that the pastors of Easter Lutheran Church record a podcast every week? It is called Carry On, because our mission at Easter is to “Grow in faith and carry on the work of Jesus Christ.” It gets posted every Friday. We discuss the text and theme for the...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 27, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon continues the Come and See series through the Narrative Lectionary selections of the Gospel of John. Jesus’ angry cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem stands in stark contrast to his sign of abundance and grace at the wedding party in Cana of...
