by Steve Thomason | Feb 13, 2012 | ministry, Theology
When any Christian community becomes preoccupied with self-existence (rather than missional existence) and with power (rather than self-emptying), the Christian identity wanes. Christian history, like the history of Israel, is both the tale of God’s cruciform...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 3, 2012 | Youth Ministry
J-Term has come to an end. It has been an interesting month. This past week has been an especially interesting juxtaposition of experiences. Last weekend I spent 48 hours with 20 high school students at a Winter retreat. We had some God moments, and some great fun...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 1, 2012 | Illustration, Youth Ministry
These are a couple quick illustrations I did for our Catechism lesson tonight. Can you guess the topic?
by Steve Thomason | Jan 12, 2012 | ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology
Last night I taught our catechism students about the Sacrament of Baptism. It was a fun night full of “baptized cucumbers” and water flying everywhere (middle school, remember). I pieced together two clips from one of my favorite movies—The...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 9, 2011 | ministry, Theology
I like this style of communication and that which it communicates.
by Steve Thomason | Dec 9, 2011 | Sermons, Spiritual Formation
We asked people to share stories about their prayer life during this Advent Season. All year long we are focusing on each of our seven habits of Spiritual Formation. We’ve been looking at prayer during Advent. CLICK HERE to read their responses. These are raw...
