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by Steve Thomason | 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,...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 21, 2017 | Devos, Law and Gospel
The Worship Theme tomorrow is titled “How You Live Matters.” This is the continuation of our CORE series where we look at the core elements of our faith. The real theological issue is a classic Lutheran teaching called Law and Gospel. This is a massive topic and I’ve...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 25, 2017 | Theology
I’ve been working on a resource this summer that will help people dig into the topics covered in Luther’s Small Catechism. I’ve done this for three reasons: I am responsible to oversee the Confirmation process at Easter. We spend one year teaching...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 24, 2017 | Building Community
We preached about conflict in our Good Life Series yesterday. I decided to get really practical and walk the congregation through the steps of LUV Talk as I learned them from the Smalley Institute. Here is the illustrated guide. Please note that I did not get...
by Steve Thomason | May 26, 2017 | Bible Doodle, Law and Gospel, Visual Preaching
The Narrative Lectionary text for this weekend’s sermon is Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29. This is the middle sermon in a three-part series on Galatians. Paul is making his argument why the Gentiles are as much children of Abraham and the Gospel as the Jews. Below is my...
by Steve Thomason | May 23, 2017 | Devos, Law and Gospel
The preaching text for this weekend’s sermon in the Narrative Lectionary is Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29. This is really a placeholder text to represent the center section of Paul’s letter to the Galatians during this three week mini-series on the the letter....
