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.
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...
