by Steve Thomason | Aug 6, 2015 | sermons2015, The Trinity
This is the final sermon in a series on the Apostles’ Creed. It pulls it all together and asks if the Trinity really makes any difference in our everyday lives. Narrative Lectionary texts: Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Matthew 28:16-20 listen to the sermon audio CLICK...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 9, 2015 | Theology
The Narrative Lectionary is committed to helping congregations work through the grand story of the Bible in chronological order during the months of September – May. Then, in the summer, it takes a break and looks at the non-narrative pieces of the Bible. In...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 3, 2015 | Theology
A Preface to the Mapping Our first post in this conversation generated quite a bit of discussion. I opened the topic by sharing my own story of disagreement within my own household over the topic of same-sex marriage. That was a risky move, but I did it to demonstrate...
by Steve Thomason | May 17, 2015 | Lecture Notes
Brian McLaren gave the second part of his presentation on Saturday at the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly. The title of part 1 was “And the Word became flesh…” The second half was, “…and moved into the neighborhood.” This was, of...
by Steve Thomason | May 16, 2015 | Bible Doodle, Lecture Notes, Visual Preaching
Brian McLaren gave the plenary presentation last night at the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly. Our theme this year is from The Message version of John 1, “and God became flesh…and moved into the neighborhood.” McLaren did a nice theological...
by Steve Thomason | May 13, 2015 | Spiritual Formation, Theology
I love James Cameron’s 1989 Adventure-SciFi-Drama The Abyss. The scene when Ed Harris is willing to breath in the liquid oxygen has always served as an analogy of baptism for me. He was willing to “die” in order to go deeper. I created this video to...
