by Steve Thomason | Dec 21, 2017 | Devos
The waiting is almost over. This is the final week of Advent. Our final theme in Advent Conspiracy, our final way to overcome the consumerism and superficiality that overshadows this season, is to Love All. I encourage you to read Richard Rohr’s meditation, The Home...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 15, 2017 | Devos
How can we actually love our neighbor? Our theme this week is Love All. It is the fourth and final installment of our Advent Conspiracy series. I’ve been blogging about it all week. So far I’ve created two visual meditations (here and here) and have been...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 14, 2017 | Devos
Soaking in 1 John 3:16-18 this morning in preparation for the sermon this weekend…
by Steve Thomason | Dec 13, 2017 | Devos
It is amazing to me how often Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations speak directly to the sermon that I am preparing for the upcoming weekend. We come to our final week in the Advent Conspiracy series. We’ve been exploring how to conspire against the rampant consumerism...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 11, 2017 | Devos
We’ve come to our final week in the Advent Conspiracy. The fourth way to conspire against the consumerism of this season is to LOVE ALL. Our texts are Matthew 1:18-25, Colossians 3:12-17, and 1 John 3:16-18. In addition to meditating on the image below, I also invite...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 9, 2017 | Youth Ministry
I experienced my second visit to Temple Israel in Minneapolis last night. This morning it is still Sabbath. Shabbat Shalom my friends. These visits were part of our ninth grade confirmation program at Easter. Last month we visited the Burnsville Mosque. Each small...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 6, 2017 | The Missional Church
How can we find unity in a world that seems so divided with hatred and violence? That is an incredibly important question that has life and death implications. There are a few things converging this week, and today specifically, that address this question. First, our...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 4, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
The Second step to conspire against consumerism this Advent season is to simply spend less. This sermon explores why we have associated gift giving with Christmas in our society and how we might bring it into balance. [slideshare...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 4, 2017 | Devos
The Advent Conspiracy takes an ironic turn this week. The way to conspire against consumerism, we said last week, was to “spend less.” This week we’re saying “give more.” Wait a minute. How can we give more, but spend less? I invite you...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 2, 2017 | Art
If you have spent any time around my blog or in earshot of my teaching ministry, then you know that I geek out about the Trinity. The Social Trinity was the theological underpinning of my dissertation. (Geek out here) So, of course, the Trinity wove its way into my...
