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by Steve Thomason | Aug 3, 2014 | Personal Journal, Religious Education, Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church, The Trinity
I was sorting through some old notes this morning and I came across my visual notes from the CML Conference on the Missional Church and Digital Media. The presentations by Mary Hess and Elizabeth Drescher align so well with Deana Thompson And John Roberto’s...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 30, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies, The Missional Church, The Trinity
The Star Tribune ran an opinion piece in yesterday’s paper that highlights an important demographic study commissioned by the Met Council. (read the simplified report or the actual Demographic study – Trends, Preferences, and Opportunities) The following...
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...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 23, 2014 | Books - Missional Church, How Do We Think?, The Missional Church
Newbigin, Lesslie. Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1986. Author – Lesslie Newbigin My Reflection (this reflection was originally written in January, 2012 for the course Vocation of the...
by Steve Thomason | May 3, 2014 | Bible, Personal Journal, The Missional Church, The Trinity
Someone recently handed me an issue of Decision magazine (May 2014). The front cover had a picture of a yellow warning sign with a graphic of a church that was teetering on the top of a crumbling foundation. The headline read “The Danger of Compromise.” I...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 24, 2014 | Books - Missional Church, Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church
Bass, Diana Butler. Christianity after Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening. 1st ed. New York: HarperOne, 2012. I heard Diana Butler Bass speak at the Festival of Homiletics a couple years ago, and she was fantastic. These are the...
