by Steve Thomason | May 15, 2017 | Devos
I currently follow the daily reading schedule laid out by Clergy Stuff and I really like it. However, I find it interesting that they skipped the second half of Acts 15 this morning. The Narrative Lectionary text for preaching yesterday was Acts 15:1-18 (read this...
by Steve Thomason | May 14, 2017 | Devos
The Narrative Lectionary text for today is Acts 15:1-18. The Jewish Christians of the first church were very concerned that Gentiles were becoming followers of the Way (the original term used to describe people who followed Jesus as Lord) without conforming to the Law...
by Steve Thomason | May 13, 2017 | Personal Updates
The birdsong comforts me this morning. The dawn chorus creates a familiar connection in my otherwise unfamiliar surroundings. Yes, it is still a beautifully comfortable suburban home in a lovely suburban neighborhood. True, I have not ventured into foreign country, or...
by Steve Thomason | May 11, 2017 | Personal Updates
I sit in the quiet of the morning. It is the quiet before the storm. The moving truck is scheduled to arrive in a couple hours. Soon all of our physical possessions will be loaded onto a truck and hauled away to be stored overnight. This is my last day in this house....
by Steve Thomason | May 4, 2017 | Devos
The daily reading for today is Acts 10:1-33. Every time I read this text I am amazed both at the message itself and in the way Peter responds. Here’s a guy that has been raised his entire life to believe that certain types of food, and certain types of people,...
by Steve Thomason | May 1, 2017 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
This is a visual meditation on Colossians 2:6-7 in preparation for an upcoming presentation on spiritual formation. Enjoy!
by Steve Thomason | Apr 30, 2017 | Personal Updates
This was a special day. Grace Lutheran Church held a farewell for me, and it was beautiful. The Fellowship Hall was decorated with love, a spread of cookies, cakes and fruit, and each table was centered with a pile of Almond Joy candy-bars to send me off with JOY! I...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 27, 2017 | Caricatures
This was my art therapy sketch for today. Enjoy. This was painted in Corel Painter 2016 using mostly the Real 2B Pencil brush.
by Steve Thomason | Apr 25, 2017 | Art
My daughter, Leah, is going to graduate from high school in a month. She asked me to paint something for her as a graduation gift. We decided it would be a mountain lion sitting in front of the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs. Why? Because she is going to...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 25, 2017 | Devos
The Narrative Lectionary reading for today is Acts 4:23-31. I decided to go back and look to see what I wrote about this passage in the Hart Haus Acts study. Here it is. You’ll notice a slight change in my language since then. Namely, I still referred to God as...