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by Steve Thomason | Feb 11, 2016 | Animation, How Do We Think?, Thketches
Here’s what I learned after getting a Ph.D. When I started, this is how I thought about knowledge. My brain is like a jug that gets filled with information. Then I started the PhD program, and this is what I experienced… Knowledge is not something to be...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 25, 2015 | How Do We Think?, Spiritual Formation, Spirituality in Adult Learning, Writing
Is there an intelligence of emotions, or do they just lead us blindly into brick walls or over cliffs? Shouldn’t we be strong and smart and able to make our own paths? Are emotional people, especially emotional men, who like to tell stories and create art...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 4, 2014 | How Do We Think?, postfoundational, The Trinity
The Deep in the Burbs Research project is a postmodern story about navigating the treacherous waters between the Scylla of absolutism/positivism/foundationalism and the Charybdis of relativism/nihilism/deconstructivism. ((Scylla and Charybdis refers to the hazards...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 17, 2014 | Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, How Do We Think?, Personal Journal, The Trinity
I believe the Holy Spirit moves through Twitter. I know that sounds weird, but the story I am about to tell is one that has happened often to me. Yesterday I started writing an essay about dualisms and how we can navigate between seemingly polarized opposites....
by Steve Thomason | Jun 30, 2014 | Books - Trinity, How Do We Think?, The Trinity
Simmons, Ernest L. The Entangled Trinity: Quantum Physics and Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2014. I need to give a special thanks to my friend, Pastor Kevin Doely, for recommending this book. The Author: Ernest Simmons My Summary Ernest Simmons proposes that...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 23, 2014 | Books - Missional Church, How Do We Think?, The Missional Church
Newbigin, Lesslie. The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans; WCC Publications 1989. The Author – Lesslie Newbigin Key Quotes “If the gospel is to challenge the public life of our society, if Christians are to occupy the “high...
