by Steve Thomason | Mar 10, 2017 | Devos
Today’s reading is from Luke 12:35-48. It is the little collection of parables clustered around the theme of a master who has gone away and how the servants must be watchful stewards. I read Justo Gonzalez’s commentary and found it fascinating. He speaks...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 3, 2017 | Devos
The Narrative Lectionary brings the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-42 into conversation with the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10:43-45. We typically preach these stories separately, with very different messages. The Gospel of Luke, however, tells them...
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by Steve Thomason | Feb 28, 2017 | Devos
“humans become the God we worship.” I read those words this morning in Richard Rohr’s meditation. Rohr has picked up the theme of the Trinity again in his daily meditations. This gets me very excited because the Trinity was at the heart of my...
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by Steve Thomason | Feb 24, 2017 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
This is my visual commentary on the The Narrative Lectionary text Luke 9:28-45 for this weekend. It is Transfiguration Sunday. I think it is helpful to expand the reading to begin with Luke 9:21 so that we can see how the story of the transfiguration is bookended by...
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by Steve Thomason | Feb 22, 2017 | Bible
The Narrative Lectionary this week brings us to the story of Jesus’ transfiguration in Luke 9:28-45. In today’s post, I want to look back at things I’ve drawn and written about this event over the past few years and describe the evolution of the...
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by Steve Thomason | Feb 19, 2017 | Devos
Sunday mornings always deliver a treat into my inbox with the delivery of my subscription to Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings. This morning I read her review of Hannah Arendt’s piece titled Eichmann in Jerusalem where she discusses Banality of...
