by Steve Thomason | Feb 5, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, Spirituality in Adult Learning
Thanks to Dr. Mary Hess for referring me to this video. Life on the Mobius Strip — Parker J. Palmer from Center for Courage & Renewal on Vimeo.
by Steve Thomason | Feb 3, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, Youth Ministry
The questions seemed confusing and cumbersome at first, to be honest. But then, something happened. We wrestled with understanding the words at first, and as the conversation continued, the questions unfurled. They were like hard cubes of sugar that splashed awkwardly...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 28, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church, The Trinity
Mike Breen wrote an article at The Verge Network titled Why the Missional Movement Will Fail. His answer boiled down to one word: discipleship. I couldn’t agree with him more. However, as I read his follow up article–Why the Missional Movement Will Fail...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 24, 2014 | Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, Spiritual Formation, The Trinity
Personhood and the notion of self is an important topic in my research, both in regard to the Trinity and to spiritual formation. During my search for resources on the self and personhood I discovered this article from Pannenberg, but also discovered that it has never...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 22, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, Theology, Youth Ministry
Tonight I teach the catechism students about the last part of Jesus’ story. Of course, the most amazing and important part of the story is that Jesus rose from the dead. The power of resurrection is the power of life itself. The apostle Paul states that...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 16, 2014 | Illustration, ministry, Youth Ministry
This is an illustration I did for Catechism last night. It was Part Two of a three-week series on the life of Jesus. I love the fact that I can be in the office at church, take out my iPad, open up ProCreate, do the illustration, upload it to Dropbox, then insert it...
