by Steve Thomason | Feb 2, 2018 | Family Faith
Family Dinner is an important time of connection. It has always been a big part of my family’s life. Even today, my young adult children live with us and we still gather around the dinner table at 6:00pm. It is a physical space and family ritual that feeds both...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 26, 2018 | Family Faith
I’ve never met a perfect family. My family is at the head of the line for imperfection. Don’t get me wrong. We’ve tried to be the perfect family. We’ve tried to present ourselves as having it all together. After all, I am a pastor. And now I am the “Pastor of Family...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 13, 2018 | ministry
Yesterday was lots of fun. I was hired by Virginia Theological Seminary to take visual notes for the eFormation18 Conference. I got this gig because Lisa Kimball “happened” to sit next to me at the plenary session of the Religious Educators Association in 2016 and...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 9, 2017 | Youth Ministry
I experienced my second visit to Temple Israel in Minneapolis last night. This morning it is still Sabbath. Shabbat Shalom my friends. These visits were part of our ninth grade confirmation program at Easter. Last month we visited the Burnsville Mosque. Each small...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 31, 2017 | Spiritual Formation
What is the purpose and process of spiritual formation? That is a question that fuels my life’s work. I am currently reading (listening to) Richard Rohr’s Book Hidden Things: Scripture as Spirituality and it has reaffirmed and contributed to my understanding of the...
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by Steve Thomason | Aug 24, 2017 | Spiritual Formation
Yesterday was not great. I felt off, weak, and really weepy. I hate it when that happens. Then God showed up. I never cease to be amazed at the way God speaks in clusters of events and experiences. This happened to me yesterday and this morning again. Yesterday, I had...
