by Steve Thomason | Mar 17, 2017 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
The Narrative Lectionary calls for Luke 15 this week. It is the triad story of lost and found things and how God likes to party when the lost is found. Below are some pictures that I drew for this story last year. First, there is a story behind these pictures that you...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 11, 2017 | Devos
A strange confluence of reading happened this morning. It is strange for two reasons. First, because I read the wrong passage in Luke. The sleep must have been caked a little heavier than usual this morning, and I accidentally read the passage for next Saturday in...
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...
