by Steve Thomason | Jan 28, 2018 | Devos
Did you know that the pastors of Easter Lutheran Church record a podcast every week? It is called Carry On, because our mission at Easter is to “Grow in faith and carry on the work of Jesus Christ.” It gets posted every Friday. We discuss the text and theme for the...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 25, 2018 | Devos, The Trinity
I had another convergence experience this morning. It was the convergence of our text for this week, John 3:1-21, with Richard Rohr’s daily meditation, and the presentation I made to our 9th graders this past Sunday. First, our text records the conversation between...
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by Steve Thomason | Jan 22, 2018 | Devos
Our text for the weekend from the Narrative Lectionary is John 3:1-21. Jesus speaks with Nicodemus, a religious leader, about the Kingdom of God. This is my Monday morning visual meditation. More to come as the week unfolds....
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by Steve Thomason | Jan 18, 2018 | Devos
Jesus got angry in our text this week. Read John 2:13-25. He enters the temple and drives out the money changers with a whip and flips their tables over. To be honest, I’m not a big fan of this version of Jesus. He makes me uncomfortable. I’m a peacemaker...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 16, 2018 | Devos
God is about abundance, not scarcity. That is one of the key theological ideas that runs through our study of John’s Gospel. It came through clearly in the text from last weekend, John 2:1-11, where Jesus takes ordinary water and transforms it into extraordinary wine....
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by Steve Thomason | Jan 15, 2018 | Devos
Our text from the Narrative Lectionary for our next Come and See Sermon is found in John 2:13-25. The sign stories come in couplets. You can’t truly understand the temple cleansing scene without contrasting it to the Wedding in Cana from John 2:1-11. I invite you to...
