by Steve Thomason | Dec 16, 2014 | Personal Journal
I sent off the rough draft of chapter three of my dissertation to my reading team this morning. This chapter offers a thick description of the project. The next goal is to get a rough draft of the fourth and final chapter finished before the end of the year....
by Steve Thomason | Nov 21, 2014 | Bible, Personal Journal
One possible frame/theme I might explore in my dissertation is the observation that the Upper Room Discourse (John 13-17) demonstrates Trinitarian Praxis. Here is a rough sketch of how I see it working out in the...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 21, 2014 | Personal Journal
Today I typed the final page of audio transcription and loaded the last few emails into NVivo. With these acts I have officially collected all the data for the Deep in the Burbs Research Project. Let us take a moment to reflect. ahhhh. The team met for the first time...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 17, 2014 | Personal Journal
The final meeting of the Deep in the Burbs Research Team ended a few moments ago. I sit here in humbled awe that a group of people would volunteer their time over the span of ten months to meet 11 times, create and carry out action projects in their neighborhoods,...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 13, 2014 | Personal Journal
I try to pay attention to how things cluster in my consciousness. There will be a conversation here, I’ll read something there, someone will send a message from over there, all within a few hours, all about the same thing. When that happens–and it seems to...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 11, 2014 | Personal Journal
The Research Team met last night for the first of the final two meetings. It was touch and go during the day since the first snow storm of the season decided to blow through town and dump 10 inches on us. Attendance: There are 18 team members total. Those present...