by Steve Thomason | Dec 23, 2024 | Bible
Merry Christmas! The big day has arrived. It is especially rich this year to tell the nativity story from Luke 2 on Christmas because we are entering the year of Luke in both the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. I can’t wait to walk through this amazing Gospel with you over the next few months.
In this email I offer resources for both Christmas Eve/Day and for the first Sunday of Christmas. Here are the various resources you might find helpful:
The Christmas Story Bundle Pack. It contains:
PowerPoint/Image pack for Luke 1 and 2
Printable PDF of pages 1 and 2
A bonus PowerPoint that visually annotates the Nativity story in a fun way.
A YouTube video with a voice over reading of the Nativity story set to music and the images above
The standard weekly resource page for Sunday, December 29
by Steve Thomason | Dec 16, 2024 | Bible
We come to the fourth and final week of Advent. This week we celebrate love and life. Two pregnant women meet and rejoice in the life that is growing in their wombs. Elizabeth’s child reminds us of the matriarch Sarah and her son Isaac, when God gave a child to a woman in her old age. Mary’s child reminds us that God can bring life out of nothing, through the Spirit, just like God did in the first verses of Genesis. Mary sings to God and reminds us that God’s love is for all people, bringing down the arrogant oppressors and uplifting the humbled and oppressed.
Light the fourth candle this week and rejoice in the love and life that comes from God.
by Steve Thomason | Dec 9, 2024 | Bible
Download visual resources to help you preach, teach, and study the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for December 15, 2024.
For the Revised Common Lectionary
Zephaniah 3:14-20
Isaiah 12:2-6
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 3:7-18
For the Narrative Lectionary
Isaiah 61:1-11
by Steve Thomason | Dec 2, 2024 | Bible
View Resources The texts this week talk about a prophet who would prepare the way for the coming Messiah. That is the spirit of Advent. We are invited to prepare the way in our lives and our relationships for a rebirth of light. My prayer for you this week is that you...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 25, 2024 | Bible
View Resources This is a big week for those of us in the USA. Thursday is Thanksgiving, which means many of you lead Thanksgiving Eve Services on Wednesday. CLICK HERE to view my visual resources for Thanksgiving. Then Advent begins on Sunday. I have three special...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 18, 2024 | Bible
View Resources A Reflection on Christ the King Christ the King Sunday can be a difficult topic to preach, especially for Citizens of the United States. It is baked into our Revolutionary DNA to distrust a king! Human kingdoms are built on the idea that one man has...
