by Steve Thomason | Apr 20, 2019 | Live Art
Friday Happened…Now What? It is early Saturday morning as I write this post. It is the day of unknowing, riddled with fear. The disciples watched their teacher die the cruel death of an insurrectionist. He was lifted up on a cross to be shamed and to serve as a...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 15, 2019 | Art, ministry
Why would a church be interested in a giant paint-by-number project? Imagine an 18’ x 10’ canvas, divided into twelve 3’ x 5’ panels. Now imagine that each of these canvas panels is covered with random shapes, drawn in sharpie marker. Each shape has a number written...
by stevethomason | Dec 31, 2018 | Art, Personal Updates
It is New Year’s Eve. This is the moment we look back to see what God has done and look forward to dream what God might do in and through us in the new year. I will use this post to reflect on some of the big events and work I had the privilege to experience in...
by stevethomason | Nov 28, 2018 | Live Art
FEAST stands for Festival at Easter of Art, Sound, and Thanksgiving. It involves a visual art exhibition followed by a worship service and it happened last Wednesday night. Kent Henrickson, our Contemporary Worship Director at Easter, created the FEAST a dozen years...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 21, 2018 | Art
Art is life. I love it and I am so thankful that I serve a congregation that allows me to fully embrace my artist self in ministry. We are going to celebrate the FEAST tonight (Festival at Easter of Art, Sound, and Thanksgiving). It is something that our worship...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 2, 2018 | Art
Another Inktober has come and gone. The challenge is to create one original pen and ink drawing per day in the month of October. It was started by Jake Parker over ten years ago. This is the third year I have done it. October was busy for me, so I only got 23 drawings...
