by Steve Thomason | Oct 23, 2016 | sermons2016
This is the fourth sermon in our Take a Step to Give Series. This week we ask the practical question: How much should we give? The Bible does not give a clear answer, but this sermon explores how percentage is a way to think about equality in giving. [slideshare...
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by Steve Thomason | Oct 22, 2016 | Sermons
The art of preaching poses many challenges. One of those challenges is deciding what not to say. When you preach in a middle-class, suburban context with multiple services, you have to pay attention to time and how long your sermon runs. I aim to preach between 15-17...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 16, 2016 | sermons2016
This sermon explores how we can take a step in gratitude by getting back to the basics. The church is a group of people gathered around the Good News that we have been set free through Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit. The reality of the Gospel sparks...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 15, 2016 | Adult Learning, Books - Adult Learning
Kieran Scott’s article “Alternating Currents: Sacramental and Prophetic Imagining and Church Education” in Religious Education, offers a hopeful framework for the local church to educate people in the emerging post-modern context. He argues that we...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 5, 2016 | Art, Dissertation
Sunni Brown says that doodling is an intellectual activity (see her TED talk). This declaration comes as a welcomed validation since I doodled my way through every class in the PhD program. Not only that, I doodled through my dissertation. You can view the entire...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 3, 2016 | Bible
I’m pleased to announce that the Hart Haus Bible Study on the book of Acts is now available in print on Amazon. This is a 12-week Bible study that walks through the entire book of Acts in 72 daily readings/meditations and 12 illustrations. The Hart Haus series...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 29, 2016 | Personal Updates
It has been a fretful week here in Steve’s Cyber world. My site started acting strangely at the beginning of last week, so I called tech support. Each technician gave me slightly different advice. I upgraded my hosting plan, changed to a different kind...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 25, 2016 | sermons2016
Have you ever looked at your family system and felt shame and/or disappointment? “How is God at work in this mess,” you wonder. This sermon comes from the Narrative Lectionary text, Genesis 37:3-8, 26-34; 50:15-21, and reminds us that, even in...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 23, 2016 | Bible Doodle, Sketches, Visual Preaching
Preview PowerPoint A Cartoonists Guide to Genesis 37-50 | Joseph from Steve Thomason Download PowerPoint and Image Pack The Narrative Lectionary poses us a formidable task this week. It essentially sets us up to tell the entire story of Joseph from Genesis 37-50. Even...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 18, 2016 | sermons2016
God makes an impossible promise to Abram and Sarai. How could they possibly become a great nation when they can’t even have a child? This sermon, from the Narrative Lectionary, explores the nature of trust and how we can trust God when the promise seems...
