by Steve Thomason | Mar 15, 2019 | Art, ministry
Why would a church be interested in a giant paint-by-number project? Imagine an 18’ x 10’ canvas, divided into twelve 3’ x 5’ panels. Now imagine that each of these canvas panels is covered with random shapes, drawn in sharpie marker. Each shape has a number written...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 6, 2019 | Spiritual Formation
Today is Ash Wednesday. This is the official beginning of Lent. Many of us will attend a worship service today where someone will smear black ashes mixed with oil on our forehead and say, “Remember that from dust you came and to dust you will return.” What...
by stevethomason | Jan 23, 2019 | ministry
Should a pastor be an artist? Can a pastor be a cartoonist (is cartooning even art)? Isn’t a pastor’s job to focus on the people and the business of a congregation? There are hurting people to visit in the hospital, a neighborhood to engage, meetings and staff to...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 21, 2018 | Art, Spiritual Formation
Part of A Deep Life is finding ways to meditate. I find painting a very helpful way to slow down, focus my mind, and release my spirit to listen to God. I really love painting in Procreate on the iPad Pro. The cool thing about this app is that you can export the video...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 14, 2018 | Spiritual Formation
I am very pleased to announce that we will offer The Journey at Easter Lutheran Church this year. I will lead a large group/small group meeting at Easter by the Lake on the third Tuesday of each month for anyone who would like to experience the journey with me....
by Steve Thomason | Sep 13, 2018 | Spiritual Formation
This week we focus on the fact that the Deep Life is like a Journey. Everyone is somewhere on their spiritual journey. Our key text for this week is Colossians 2:6-7. (see more on Colossians here). We looked at this text during the summer. Here it is annotated: Do you...
