by Steve Thomason | Feb 9, 2012 | Personal Journal
The following excerpt is from a document written by Patrick Kiefert. It was given to us by Gary Simpson as an explanation of how our class will be structured. I really resonated with this… The conversation expects much of the living Christian tradition,...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 27, 2012 | Technology for Academics
Yes, it’s true. I’m sitting in a Caribou right now, typing on a tyPad keyboard on my new iPad2. A generous, benevelent donor gave me this machine to “invest in the Kingdom.” Wow! I spent the last two days of school experimenting to see if it...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 20, 2012 | Personal Journal
I read this line tonight and thought two things: 1) really? People actually think with these words? and 2) Wow, that is profound. I really do love what this sentence means. I love what this book is saying–sincerely, I do. I just thought I needed to share this...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 13, 2012 | Personal Journal
That’s what my niece said as she sat at our dinner table and listened to the verbal volley that is often present around our evening meals. My poor children have grown up with me and think its normal to discuss big ideas over a pile of mashed potatoes. It is only...
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by Steve Thomason | Nov 3, 2011 | Personal Journal
This is what my world looks like right now. I’m in class for six hours per week, and then reading and writing papers for another 30+ hours each week. The stack of books on the left was for a paper I just finished on Hans-George Gadamer. The stack at the back is...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 16, 2011 | Personal Journal
An interesting thing just happened to me. I had drafted the following note and quotation in order to provide a pithy, uplifting post on my blog. The next time you feel overwhelmed by your circumstances, consider this quote from David Bosch in Transforming Mission: The...
