![What is Lutheran Worship?]()
by SteveT2018 | Oct 25, 2018 | Theology
Reformation Sunday happens this weekend. It is the time when Lutherans tend to wear red and celebrate what a wild and outspoken monk named Martin did 501 years ago in Germany. He was willing to speak truth to power and face the consequences of doing so. We are in the...
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by SteveT2018 | Aug 27, 2018 | Theology
We come to the end of our Summer Worship Series this weekend. We have journeyed through section four of Brian McLaren’s book We Make the Road by Walking. This series is called Alive and we have explored how the Holy Spirit empowers us to move into deeper levels of...
![Faith Formation in a Secular Age by Andy Root | #visualnotes]()
by SteveT2018 | Feb 3, 2018 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Spirituality in Adult Learning
Andy Root is a professor at Luther Seminary and a thought leader in youth ministry, young adults, family, church, and culture. I had the privilege to hear Andy present the big concepts in his book Faith Formation in a Secular Age at Luther this week. I was on campus...
![Why the Incarnation is So Important]()
by SteveT2018 | Jan 25, 2018 | Devos, The Trinity
I had another convergence experience this morning. It was the convergence of our text for this week, John 3:1-21, with Richard Rohr’s daily meditation, and the presentation I made to our 9th graders this past Sunday. First, our text records the conversation between...
![Unity, Diversity, Interfaith Dialogue, and the Mission of the Church]()
by SteveT2018 | Dec 6, 2017 | The Missional Church
How can we find unity in a world that seems so divided with hatred and violence? That is an incredibly important question that has life and death implications. There are a few things converging this week, and today specifically, that address this question. First, our...
![Encounter the Other #REA17 #visualnotes]()
by SteveT2018 | Nov 6, 2017 | Theology
I had the privilege to spend this past weekend with religious educators from all over the world at the Annual Conference of the Religious Educators Association. We gathered at the Union Station Hotel in St. Louis, MO. Our theme was “Encounter” This is a generous,...
