by Steve Thomason | Feb 17, 2018 | Devos
This PowerPoint and Image Pack offers a visual meditation on John 6:1-71. Jesus feeds 5,000, walks on water, and proclaims that he is the bread of life. Any who eat his flesh and drink his blood will abide in him and he in them. What does this mean?
by Steve Thomason | Feb 15, 2018 | Devos
We come to the seventh and final sign in the Gospel of John this week. Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. Below are my visual meditations. Feel free to use any of these images in your study or teaching. It always starts with visually marking up the text. This is a...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 14, 2018 | Devos
How will you handle the confluence of traditions and romantic ideas today? On the one hand, it is Valentine’s Day. It is a celebration of romantic love and indulgence in chocolate, food, flowers, and all sorts of pleasure. On the other hand, it is Ash Wednesday....
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 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 | 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.