by stevethomason | Jan 30, 2019 | Technology for Academics
This week is a highlighter week for me each year. I have the privilege of co-teaching the Missional Leadership Course with Dr. Terri Elton in the Doctor of Ministry Program at Luther Seminary. This is an intensive week of collaborative learning with pastors and...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 28, 2017 | Technology for Academics
It has been over two years since I defended my dissertation. Much has happened since that day. I am five months into a new call, which I love. Yet, I have a confession to make. I miss being in school. Sometimes, when I get a little stressed, or over-peopled (I am an...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 5, 2016 | Art, Dissertation
Sunni Brown says that doodling is an intellectual activity (see her TED talk). This declaration comes as a welcomed validation since I doodled my way through every class in the PhD program. Not only that, I doodled through my dissertation. You can view the entire...
by Steve Thomason | May 24, 2016 | Personal Journal
This was a big weekend. Friday: Twenty-Seventh Wedding Anniversary. Sunday: Ph.D. Graduation…It is PhinisheD, Phor Real! Monday: Baby daughter’s Seventeenth Birthday. Plus, after I put in an all-day staff meeting today, I leave for vacation tomorrow! You...
by Steve Thomason | May 22, 2016 | Personal Journal
Today is Trinity Sunday. It is also the day of my commencement upon which I will be given the title The Reverend Doctor Steven Paul Thomason, Ph.D. Weird. It is appropriate that this ceremony take place on Trinity Sunday, since the Trinity is at the heart of my...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 18, 2015 | Dissertation, Personal Updates
If you heard a little psychic “Yippee!” it was probably me when I saw my dissertation bound and sitting on the shelf in the library at Luther Seminary. This journey began in February, 2007 when I heard a strange voice at 3:00am say, “Steve, move to...