by Steve Thomason | May 1, 2014 | Books - Spirituality, Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, Spiritual Formation
Greyson, Bruce. “Near-Death Experiences and Spirituality.” Zygon 41, no. 2 (2006): 393-414. NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES AND SPIRITUALITY by Greyson – flattened my annotated copy Annotation Summary for: NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES AND SPIRITUALITY by Greyson ...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 22, 2014 | Spiritual Formation
We must resist the popular tendency to think of transcendence as an upward and outward escape from the realities of self and world. instead, transcendence is a breaking-in, a breathing of the Spirit of love into the heart of our existence, a literal in-spiration that...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 21, 2014 | Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies
The weather cooperated nicely with Easter yesterday. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day. The sun was bright, and warm, and unhindered by clouds. The air was dry and warm. Sounds of life buzzed through the still naked, but hopeful trees. Shoots of...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 17, 2014 | Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies, The Trinity
Part of my research focuses on exploring the sense-making process of walking with the Spirit in community (specifically, how this works in the suburbs). Let me walk through the events and conversations of the last week in an effort to make some provisional sense from...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 7, 2014 | Bible, Books - Trinity, Spiritual Formation, The Trinity
Welker, Michael. God the Spirit. 1st English-language ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994. The Author – Michael Welker Welker is the Director of the Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology at the University of Heidelberg. This book has...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 4, 2014 | Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation
I drew this crude sketch in 2006. Be warned, it is gross, but very true. To quote my teen-age daughter when I do or say things like this, “What, are you 13?” The painful truth is that it is only when things are difficult that the greatest growth and...
