Sitemap

• A Cartoonist’s Guide to the Bible
• Articles and Posts
• Blog
• Come and See | A Visual Meditation on the Gospel of John in Graphic Novel Format
• Home Page
• New HP
• newer hp
• PowerPoint Downloads
• Sample Page
• Matthew Page 1
• Matthew Page 2
• Subscribe
  • Newsletter Archives
• Matthew Page 3
• Matthew Page 4
• Matthew Page 5
• Matthew Page 6
• Matthew Page 7
• Matthew Page 8
• Matthew Page 9
• About
  • My Story
• Matthew Page 10
• Contact Me
• Matthew Page 11
• Matthew Page 12
• Courses
• Resources
  • A Visual Interactive Bibliography
  • Book Reviews
  • Books
  • Podcast
  • PowerPoint
  • Prezi
  • Sermons
  • Tag Cloud
  • Videos
  • Visual Notes
• Spiritual Formation
  • 7 Habits of Spiritual Formation
  • Daily Devotionals
  • The Overflow Principle
    • Mind
    • Spirit
    • Body
    • Neighbor
  • The Journey
  • How Personality Types Help in Spiritual Formation
    • The Enneagram
    • The Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator
• Theology
  • Introduction to Theology
  • Missional Church and Leadership
  • Luther’s Small Catechism
    • The Lord’s Prayer
  • The Apostles’ Creed
    • Article One: I Believe in God
    • Article Two: I Believe in Jesus
    • Article Three: I Believe in the Holy Spirit
  • The Trinity
  • Postmodern or Postfoundational
  • My Dissertation
  • Thketches
  • Sketching through a Ph.D.
    • Congregational Leadership
    • The Congregation
    • The Hermeneutics of Leading in Mission
    • The Trinity Class Notes
    • The Vocation of the Theologian
    • Trinity and Mission
    • Library Practicum
    • Missiology and the Missional Church
    • Gospel and Cultures
• The Bible
  • What is The Word of God?
  • Bible Study Tools
  • The Bible Bookshelf
    • Reading the Heart of the Story
    • Books of Moses
      • Beginnings: A Video Course on the Books of Moses
      • Genesis
      • Exodus
      • Leviticus
      • Numbers
      • Deuteronomy
    • The History of Israel
      • Joshua
      • Judges
      • Ruth
      • 1 Samuel
      • 2 Samuel
      • 1 Kings
      • 2 Kings
      • 1 Chronicles
      • 2 Chronicles
      • Ezra
      • Nehemiah
      • Esther
    • Poetry
      • Job
      • Psalms
      • Proverbs
      • Ecclesiastes
      • Song of Solomon
    • Major Prophets
      • Isaiah
      • Jeremiah
      • Lamentations
      • Ezekiel
      • Daniel
    • Minor Prophets
      • Joel
    • The Life of Jesus
      • Matthew
      • The Gospel of Mark
      • Luke
      • The Gospel of John
        • Jesus’ Farewell Speech in John 13-17
      • Stations of the Cross
    • Acts
    • Paul’s Letters
      • Galatians
      • 1 & 2 Thessalonians
      • 1 Corinthians
      • 2 Corinthians
      • Romans
      • Ephesians
      • Philippians
      • Colossians-Philemon
      • 1 Timothy
      • Titus
      • 2 Timothy
      • Philemon
    • General Letters
      • Hebrews
      • James
      • 1 Peter
      • 2 Peter
      • 1 John
      • 2 John
      • 3 John
      • Jude
    • Revelation
  • The Bible in a Year
• Art Home Page
  • Inktober 2016
  • Caricature
  • Illustration
  • Animation
  • Painting
  • Live Art
  • Sketchbook
• The Prophets
• Welcome
• Sitemap
• The Nectar Trilogy

Posts by category

• Category: Art
  • 2018 in Review as Pastor, Teacher, and Artist
  • How Drawing is a Pathway to Wisdom…and Thanksgiving
  • Inktober 2018 Gallery
  • Painting to Meditate
  • A Summer of Sketching
  • A Trinity Knot
  • #inktober2017 is Finished!
  • Mountain Lion and the Gods
  • Remembering Good Fridays
  • Standing Rock
  • The Doodled Dissertation
  • Vacation Art
  • Getting the Brushes Wet in the Open Air
  • It is Finished | The Good Friday Painting and Music Experience is Over
  • Prepping for the Good Friday Painting
  • Painting a Mural in Haiti
  • Art and Haiti
  • Live Art and Scripture Community Event at Christ the King
  • Images of the Vine in John 15
  • A Projected Mural Project
  • Calling All Artists! Join Us This Thursday
  • Daily Reading Schedule and A Grateful Heart
  • iPad Sketches of Stations of the Cross used in California Prayer Chapel
  • Another Example of the Virtual Body of Christ
  • Baptized We Live by Daniel Erlander
  • A Father’s Day Gift to Myself
  • My First Oil Painting in Years
  • Eating up the Books
  • Symphonic Rock 4 at Anoka High School….Rocks!
  • Family Sing Along…On Stage!
  • Hanging Out with The Ballroom Thieves
  • A Blast from the Past
  • Joachim Noah Piggification
  • Day Off Doodle
  • I Got to Do A Quick Illustration Today
  • A Powerfully Sad Song Written by my Son
  • Live Drawings for Stations of the Cross 2013
  • A Caricature of Sherlock from Elementary
  • Which Race Do We Run?
  • Friday Morning Sketch
  • Advent 2 Candle Illustration
  • Zoo Sketches
  • Old Artwork
  • A Blast from the Past
  • My Graduate Micki
  • Squeezed in a couple caricatures…
  • Stations of the Cross — A Thank You Note
  • Thomason Christmas Letter 2011
  • Another Sketch before Bed
  • Day Off Doodle
  • Stations of the Cross
  • Latest Batch of Children’s Illustration
  • Category: Animation
    • Spontaneous Animation
    • Failure to Launch | A Super Short Film
    • This, That, and Paradox | A Simple Introduction to Communicative Rationality
    • My Life Verse Visualized | Philippians 1:9-11
    • Completed Animation Project for Jeannine Brown
    • The Fusion of Horizons | An Animated Visualization
    • The Temples of Israel Size Comparison
    • Your Brain and a PhD
    • An Animated Reading of Mark 4:1-20 | The Parable of the Sower and the Four Soils
    • A Blast from the Past
    • Day Off Doodle #animation
    • Head Turn
    • Day Off Doodle | Swimming
    • Another Own Your Faith Video
    • An Animated 1 Corinthians 12 | We are the Body of Christ
    • Big Idea Animation Experiment
    • A Quick Motion Study
    • Jumping Squirrel Sketch Animation
    • A Day-Off Doodle
    • Some Animation about the Trinity for the Deep in the Burbs Project
    • The Frozen Gospel | A Theological Reflection on Disney’s Frozen
    • Living the Dream
    • The Peopled Nature of Interpretation | An Animation I did for Jeannine Brown
    • My Physics Doppleganger | The Higgs Boson Explained by PHD Comics
    • An animation for Advent 3 | Joy Comes in the Morning | Isaiah 55
    • The Evolution of My Worldview
    • Another Day Off Animated Sketch
    • Animation Project
    • The Great Commission | Matthew 28:16-20
    • Thketch Meets Live Space
    • Two Versions of God’s Redemptive Story
    • Day Off Doodle | Animation Creator HD for iPad
    • The Vine of John 15
    • What is the Church? A Thketch
    • A Voiceless Thketch about the MeWe Principle
    • What is the Word of God?
    • The Grammar of Me – A Thketch of the MeWe Principle
    • Thketch of The Christian Imagination by Willie Jennings
    • Thketch of Democratizing Biblical Studies by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
    • Comparing Animation Apps for the iPad 2
    • Thketch of Robert Kegan’s Five Orders of Consciousness
    • Thketch of Kathryn Tanner’s Book Theories of Cultures
    • Thketches – What are Horizons?
    • Playing with Animation Desk App
    • A Landscape of the Trinity: An Art Project
    • The Bible Bookshelf at Vibblespace – A Cartoonist’s Guide to the Bible
    • A Day Off Doodle
  • Category: Caricatures
    • Caricature of Sherlock and Watson
    • Morgan Freeman Caricature
    • Caricature of Princess Leia and Han Solo
    • Obama Caricature
    • Caricature of Castro
    • J. R. R. Tolkien Caricature
    • Usain Bolt Caricature #Rio2016
    • Simone Biles Gold
    • Day Off Doodle | Spock Star Trek Beyond
    • Caricature of Murdoch
    • Caricature of Longmire and Standing Bear
    • Day Off Doodle | Caricature of Robin Williams
    • Caricature of Bates and Anna from Downton Abbey
    • Day Off Doodle | Caricature of Lord and Lady Grantham from Downton Abbey
    • Another Piggification
    • Day Off Doodle | Dowager Countess of Downton Abbey Caricature
    • Day Off Doodle | Caricature of Carson from Downton Abbey
    • Day Off Doodle | Taylor Swift
    • Proud Dad of a Cardinal Grad
    • Another Piggification | Shaw from the Blackhawks
    • Latest Piggification – Bo Pelini
    • Another Piggification
    • Updated Galleries
    • Felt Like Painting Tonight
    • more illustrations
    • recent work
  • Category: Illustration
    • Come and See | the Graphic Novel
    • The Characters of Wisdom
    • Two More Pig-Tures
    • Wind and Waves Illustration in #ProCreate on the #iPad
    • Day Off Doodle | Tom Welling as Smallville “Superman” (almost)
    • Dragon Illustration done in ProCreate on the iPad
    • Catechism Illustrations
    • Illustration for Sermon This Weekend
    • Illustration Gallery Functional Again
  • Category: Live Art
    • Live Digital Painting at The FEAST
    • Word Became Flesh Community Art Project
    • A Nail-biting Artist-Pastor-Teacher Moment for Pentecost
    • Good Friday Painting Video
• Category: Bible
  • Logs, Dogs, Pigs, and Pearls | A Visual Meditation on Matthew 7:1-12
  • Jesus Teaches in Parables | Page 9 of A Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew now Online
  • The Bible Project Releases the Final Acts Video
  • The Hebrew Poetry Unit is Now Online
  • The Bible Bookshelf Updated | A Cartoonist’s Guide to the Bible
  • Study the Book of Acts
  • Karoline Lewis and the Last Words of Jesus
  • What We’re Missing This Week
  • Getting Ready to Preach through John
  • An Introduction to Reading the Gospels
  • A Visual and Missional Commentary on Luke 18:31-19:10
  • Is Zacchaeus a Person of Peace? Reading Luke 19:1-10 through a Missional Lens
  • A Visual Commentary on Luke 16 | The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man
  • At the Top of the Jesus Rollercoaster
  • A Visual Commentary on Luke 6:17-49
  • Jesus, Vengeance, and How to Read Scripture
  • A Visual Commentary on Luke 4:16-30 from the Narrative Lectionary
  • A Comparison of Luke 3 with Matthew 3 | John the Baptist and Jesus’ Baptism
  • Resources to Help You as We Preach through the Gospel of Luke
  • Does the Book of Revelation Freak You Out?
  • The Bible Pack is Online
  • The Word of God, Play, and the Möbius Strip
  • The Bible Study Tool Box
  • Acts Study Now in Print
  • Resources for How to Study the Bible
  • Update on the Acts Study
  • Looking Ahead to Bible Study Course this Fall
  • Dallas Willard on the Bible and the Word of God
  • Study the Book of Acts Online!
  • Looking for a Summer Faith Connection?
  • The End is Near (of Our Mark Study, that is)
  • Does God Heal Today? | Join the Discussion on Mark 5:21-43
  • Observations and Question from Mark 1:1-20
  • Get 80% Off All Bible Studies on Cyber Monday
  • The Dark Side of Grace
  • What is The Bible?
  • Reflections on Last Night’s Teaching
  • The Online Version of Beginnings: The Books of Moses opens this weekend!
  • The New and Improved Bible Studies Page is Here!
  • Bible Mania is Now an Online Course | Try It Today!
  • Bible Mania Session 10 Now Online
  • Bible Mania Session 09 is Now Online!
  • Bible Mania Session 8 Now Online! Crossing the Great Divide
  • The Latest Video from The Bible Project Crew: Holiness
  • A New Year’s Invitation to Engage in the Study of Matthew with Me
  • Bible Mania! Session 07 Now Available
  • Bible Mania! Session 06 Now Available
  • The Upper Room Discourse as a Framework for Missional Spirituality
  • Matthew | Exploring the Kingdom of Heaven
  • A Missional Engagement with the Word of God
  • Bible Mania – Session 05: The Exodus | Now Available
  • Two Biblical Models for Encountering the Word of God
  • The Power of the Frame | How Does this Photo Represent Ferguson?
  • Bible Mania Session 04: The Beginning is now Available
  • Bible Mania Session 03 is Available
  • Trinitarian Praxis in the Upper Room Discourse
  • Bible Mania | A Maniacal Tour through the Story of the Bible
  • An Animation to Trace the Messiah Theme through Scripture
  • My Life Verse and How Some Things Never Change
  • Bible Mania! October 11, 2014 | Register Today
  • Bible Mania! One Day. One Story.
  • Can You Help Name This Big Bible Event?
  • The Trinity and the Word of God
  • A Meditation on 1 John 2:1-17 and the Trinity
  • Finding the Entangled Trinity in the Ten Commandments of Exodus 20:1-19
  • The Trinity and the Day of Pentecost
  • Rejoice Always! | A Five-Lesson Study of Philippians
  • Is the Church Compromising?
  • Book | God the Spirit by Michael Welker
  • Short, Daily Devotionals for Youth and Families
  • Acts Study Available to Download
  • God’s Abundance and the Myth of Scarcity: Revisiting Walter Breuggemann’s Teaching
  • A Reflection on 1 Samuel 8:1-18 | The Trouble with Kings
  • Join Me for Dinner with Jesus
  • Spiritual Formation and the Vine
  • The Work of the Holy Spirit in Spiritual Formation
  • Preparing for a Study of Acts this Fall
  • Excited to use ANIMATE by Augsburg Fortress this Fall
  • Life of Jesus Class Finished
  • Some Updates to VibbleSpace.com
  • My Life Verse
  • Psalm 11 for 9/11
  • Great Bible Study Resource
  • 1 Peter 2:11-3:7… Getting Perspective on the Passage
  • Conversations…Do you have a suggested order for reading the Bible?
  • A Call to Move
  • Good old Micah
  • Overview of Acts
  • Logos 4 Mac now available!
  • Goodbye Melissa
  • A Deeper Look at Ezekiel
  • The Servant Songs of Isaiah
  • The Purpose of Fasting
  • Don’t Beat the Wheat – A Reflection on Isaiah 28
  • What is Wisdom?
  • What is the Word of God – part 2
  • What is the Word of God – part 1
  • Judges page now updated
  • Coming Soon: Reading Paul’s Mail
  • New Title Released – Faith That Transcends
  • Liberated to Love – 1 Peter 2:13-3:7
  • An Identity Crisis – 1 Peter 2:1-12
  • “You Must” vs. “You Will Become”
  • 1 Peter 3:13-22
  • Meditation on 1 Peter 1:13
  • The Life of Jesus Study Now Available
  • Life of Jesus Study Coming Soon
  • Category: Bible Doodle
    • A Cartoonist’s Guide to the Sermon on the Mount
    • Matthew Page 6 is Now Online | Jesus is a Rock Star
    • A Visual Meditation on Ephesians 3:14-19
    • Reconnecting to Ephesians
    • A Visual Commentary on Galatians 3:1-29 from the Narrative Lectionary
    • A Visual Commentary on Galatians 1:13-17, 2:11-21 from the Narrative Lectionary
    • A Visual Meditation on Colossians 2:6-7
    • A Visual Guide to the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:1, 11-32
    • A Visual Commentary on Luke 9:21-45 | The Transfiguration
    • Thanksgiving, Daniel, and Empire
    • Feeling Trapped? | Preparing to Preach Daniel and Advent 1
    • A Visual Guide to Joseph’s Story from the Narrative Lectionary Year 3
    • A Visual Guide to Abraham’s Story in Genesis 12-15
    • But Not… | A Visual Meditation on 2 Corinthians 4:7-10
    • The Healing Touch | An Illustrated Sermon from Acts 3:1-10
    • The Sea of Galilee Compared to Mille Lacs in Minnesota
    • One Said Thank You | A Sketch for Thanksgiving from Luke 17:11-17
    • A Doodle for Psalms | Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation
    • A Visual Meditation from Romans 5:4-8
    • Brian McLaren at the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly
    • A Sketch of Romans 6:1-14
    • A Sketch of Romans 5:1-5
    • Messy Life Together | A #Missional Sketch of Matthew 28:16-20
    • Sketching Through the Sermon for this Weekend
    • A Sketch for this Weekend’s Sermon from Isaiah 42:1-9 | A Light for the Nations
    • Sketches of Pentecost | Thinking about this Weekend’s Sermon
    • What is Power? | A Sermon for Lent 5 on John 19:1-16a
    • A Sketch for Thinking about This Weekend’s Sermon about John 18
  • Category: Devos
    • Braving the Wilderness with Brene Brown and Jesus
    • Finding Our Way through Fire and Water
    • Preparing for Epiphany and Matthew Page 2
    • Matthew, Genealogies and Star Wars
    • Who Brings Down the Mighty?
    • Smashing Plates, Yowies, and Peace
    • Preparing to Light the Candle of Peace for Advent 2
    • A Visual Meditation on Thanksgiving
    • Shabbat Shalom | Standing in Solidarity with our Jewish Siblings
    • All Hallow’s Eve | A Visual Meditation on All Saints Day Worship
    • How to Hear God’s Voice | A Visual Meditation on 1 Kings 19:12
    • That We May Be One
    • Spirit of Holiness, Fires of Judgment
    • Love brother, Love Stranger
    • A Visual Exposition of 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
    • A Visual Map of McLaren’s Chapter on Loving Neighbor
    • Walking in the Spirit
    • Upon the Resignation of our Lead Pastor
    • A New Video on Acts from the Bible Project
    • The Spirit is Moving
    • As You Commence
    • Overcome (by) Grief
    • Overcome (by) Depression
    • Overcome (by) Anger
    • Talk About Anger
    • Overcome (by) Anxiety
    • What Does it Mean to Overcome?
    • A Visual Meditation on the Resurrection of Jesus in John 20
    • A Visual Meditation on The Crucifixion in John 19:16-37
    • A Visual Meditation on the Triumphal Entry
    • Here, Your King | A Visual Meditation on John 19:1-16a
    • A Visual Meditation on John 18:28-32 | Jesus on trial before Pilate
    • A Visual Meditation on John 18:1-27 | Jesus and Peter on Trial
    • Resurrection and the Unfolding Universe
    • Stinky Feet, Clean People | A Meditation on John 13:1-17
    • The Bread of Life | A Visual Meditation on John 6
    • Come Alive! | A Visual Meditation on Lazarus in John 11:1-44
    • Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day, and True Love
    • What Does the Good Shepherd Have to Do With Ash Wednesday?
    • A Visual Meditation on John 9:1-10:21 | The Healing of a Man Born Blind
    • A Visual Meditation on John 4:1-42
    • Carry On Podcast on John 3:1-21
    • Why the Incarnation is So Important
    • A Visual Meditation on John 3:1-21
    • A Visual Guide to John 2:13-22 | Jesus Cleanses the Temple
    • What Makes You Angry?
    • The Abundance of Creation | A Meditation on Psalm 104
    • A Visual Meditation on John 2:13-25 | Jesus Cleanses the Temple
    • Come and See, Not Come and Look
    • A Visual Meditation on John 2:1-11 | Water into Wine
    • John 1:35-51 Illustrated | Come and See
    • A Visual Meditation on John 1:35-51 | Narrative Lectionary
    • A Visual Meditation on John 1:1-4, 14
    • Christmas and the Pale Blue Dot
    • An Audio-Visual Meditation on Advent Conspiracy | Love All
    • Love is Self-Emptying
    • A Visual Meditation on 1 John 3:16-18
    • How Can We Love All?
    • Love All | A Visual Meditation on our Final Week of Advent Conspiracy
    • A Visual Meditation on Advent Conspiracy 3: Give More
    • Emerging or Missional | How Should We Discuss the Church?
    • Advent Conspiracy Week 2: A Visual Meditation on Treasure
    • Why Conspire at Advent?
    • The Only Present We Need for Christmas (and some good advice for Thanksgiving)
    • The Advent Conspiracy Begins
    • A Visual Meditation on Romans 12:4-5
    • A Visual Meditation on the Light of the World
    • Reformed and Always Reforming | A Visual Meditation for Reformation Day
    • A Visual Meditation on Law and Gospel
    • Bath Time and Family Meal
    • Broken or in Process?
    • Why Jesus?
    • Unpacking Galatians 2:16 | Trust of Christ OR Trust in Christ
    • A Visual Meditation on the Good Life of Service
    • What Makes Jesus Want to Puke?
    • A Visual Meditation on Love
    • Love, Hate, and the Good Life
    • The Bible and the Incarnation
    • What is the Purpose of the Bible?
    • Speaking the Truth in Love
    • Saved by Suffering
    • Faith in Christ OR Faith of Christ
    • How Do We Deal with Differences in the Church?
    • Complaining to God
    • A Rebuttal to My Confessions of a Suburban Pastor
    • Confessions of a Suburban Pastor
    • So, Who’s Burden Should I Bear? | A Devo on Galatians 6:1-10
    • Flesh and Fruit | A Devo on Galatians 5:16-26
    • Freedom to Serve | A Devo on Galatians 5:2-15
    • A Visual Meditation on Galatians 2:8-10
    • The Law and the Promise | Thinking Through Galatians 3
    • Proclaiming and Teaching with Boldness | A Devo on Acts 28:28-31
    • Three Weeks in Galatians | What are the Marks of a Jesus-Follower?
    • But We Still Have To Eat Together…
    • Expanding Horizons | A Meditation on Acts 15
    • What God Has Made Clean…
    • Prayer in the Face of Injustice
    • The Cross, The Gaze, The Table…and Eyes are Opened
    • Dinner is Served
    • The Blueprint for Creation
    • But, God Knows Your Hearts
    • When Saying No Means Saying Yes | A Devo on Luke 14:25-35
    • God’s Loving Absence | A Devo on Luke 12:35-48
    • A Visual Commentary on Luke 10:25-42 from the Narrative Lectionary
    • We Become the God We Worship
    • Luke 7, Sin, and the Banality of Evil
    • A Visual Commentary on Luke 7:36-50
    • Jesus: Friend of Sinners
    • Failed Expectations and Deeper Conversions
    • and stood on a level place | A Devo on Luke 6:17-26
    • For What We are Paid, and What We are Made | A Devo in the Shadow of the Inauguration
    • A Call to Follow | A Devo on Luke 5:1-11
    • Waiting in Obscurity | A Devo on Luke 2:39-52
    • Poetry, Art, Love and Hatred
    • What’s in a Name?
    • Who Has the Power?
    • Blessed is She Who Believed
    • Preparing to Preach on Joel for Advent 2
    • Isaiah, Servanthood, and Election Night
    • Can We Trust God When All Seems Lost? | A Devo on Genesis 15:1-6
    • The Wages of Sin and the Gift of Life: Revisited
    • Paradox and the Tension of Love
    • What is Freedom? A Devo from Galatians 5
    • Job, Suffering, and Spiritual Formation
    • The Worst Things to Say to A Suffering Person
    • Why Do You Love God?
    • Can You Call God Father?
    • Meeting God at the Mercy Seat
    • The Orlando Shooting and Reconciliation
    • Free to Fail | A Message for the Graduate
    • Health not Guilt
    • Can You Be Spiritual Without Being Religious?
    • What is Love? | A Devo on 1 Corinthians 13
    • Preparing for 1 Corinthians
    • Context is Everything
    • Blessed to Be a Blessing…Really?
    • Introduction to Acts
    • Saturday | A Devo for the Easter Vigil
    • How to Bring Down a Corrupt Political System
    • Mind Your Own Journey | A Devo on John 21:20-25
    • He Breathed on Them | A Devo on John 20:11-23 and Mark 12:28-44
    • Haiti Day 7: It is Finished
    • Haiti Day 6: Best Day Ever and A Swift Kick to the Head
    • Hait Day 5: Will the Real Power Please Stand
    • Haiti Day 4: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Mural
    • Haiti Day 3: Sunday on the Mountain Top
    • Haiti, Heaven, and Hell
    • This is Eternal Life | A Devo on John 17:1-10
    • Lenten Devotional Guide 2016
    • Creating and Calming a Storm | A Devo on Mark 6:30-8:26
    • Food in the Desert | A Devo on Mark 6:30-44
    • A Kingdom Sandwich | Observations and Questions from Mark 6:1-29
    • Jesus’ Power Over Chaos and Legion | A Devo on Mark 4:35-5:20
    • How Is Jesus Revealed to the World? | A Devo on John 14:22-31
    • We Need a Helper | A Devo on John 14:11-21
    • Where Do You Dwell? | A Devo on John 14:1-10
    • Shhh…Don’t Tell Anyone I’m God | A Devo on Mark 1:21-34
    • Mapping Out Mark Readings
    • The Glory of Christmas
    • Fear and Doubt, Our Constant Companions
    • The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength | A Devo on Nehemiah 8:1-18
    • Putting Salvation in its Proper Context | A Devo on John 10:1-10
    • Daily Reading Schedule for December 6-13 | Narrative Lectionary
    • Will the Real Blind Man Please Step Forward | A Devo on John 9:26-41
    • The Persistent Promise | A Devo on 2 Kings 24:20-25:30
    • Who Has Sinned? | A Devo on John 9:1-12
    • Daily Bible Reading Schedule for November 29 – December 6
    • The Gospel Acclamation
    • Crucified Bread | A Devo on John 6:16-59
    • Can You Force Jesus to be King? | A Devo on John 6:1-15
    • Daily Bible Reading Schedule for November 9-15
    • Jesus is Everything…Literally | A Devo on John 5:16-30
    • Narrative Lectionary Daily Reading for November 1-8, 2015
    • Out of the Shadows, Into the Light | A Devo on John 3:9-21
    • Reading John 3 with New Eyes
    • Daily Devo Reading Schedule For This Week
    • Daily Reading Schedule for this Week
    • The Gospel of Joseph | A Devo on Genesis 50:15-26
    • Facing Your Past | A Devo on Genesis 32:3-21
    • A Promise for the Fugitive | A Devo from Genesis 28:10-22
    • Don’t be a Heel | A Devo on Genesis 27:1-45
    • A Messy Family…Like Yours | A Devo on Genesis 25:19-34
    • Holding the Promise with Open Hands | A Devo on Genesis 22:1-19
    • Cultivating the Promise | A Devo on Genesis 17:1-22
    • The God Named Elroy | A Devo from Genesis 16:1-15
    • Blessing with Skin on It | A Devo on Genesis 12:1-9
    • God’s Blessing, Noah’s Curse | A Devo on Genesis 9:1-28
    • Yes, You Are Your Brother’s Keeper | A Devo on Genesis 4:1-16
    • What I Should Have Said About the Gospel Reading on Sunday
    • A Psalm for Today
    • Taste and See | A Reflection on Psalm 34
    • A Month of Psalms for Daily Bible Reading
    • The Last Devo of the Season
    • One Body, Many Parts | Thursday Bible Reading
    • Choose Life | Wednesday Bible Reading
    • The Stumbling Block | Tuesday Bible Reading
    • From Slave to Child | Friday Bible Reading
    • Dead Men Tell No Tales | Wednesday Bible Reading
    • Turn Down for What | Tuesday Bible Reading
    • Friday Bible Reading | Faith First
    • Thursday Bible Reading | Who’s Faith?
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | No Room for Pride
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | A Matter of the Heart
    • Friday Bible Reading | Gentile Lives Matter
    • Thursday Bible Reading | A Mixed Response
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | The Main Thing
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | The Ongoing Story
    • Friday Bible Reading | Of Pain and Prayer
    • Thursday Bible Reading | A Shift in Center
    • Wednesday Bible Study | Who Am I to Say It Can’t Happen?
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | Crossing the Great Divide
    • Friday Bible Reading | To See with New Eyes
    • Thursday Bible Reading | God of the Globe
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | It’s More than Magic
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | The Greatest Killer
    • Friday Bible Reading | Signs and Wonders
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | Making Good Choices
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | Secrets and Lies
    • Monday Bible Reading | Restart
    • Good Friday Reading | Earth-Shaking
    • Maundy Thursday Reading | The Last and First Meal
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | Listen to Your Wife, Pilate
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | A Field of Blood
    • Monday Bible Reading | Jesus and the Death Star
    • Friday Bible Reading | Broken and Poured Out
    • Thursday Bible Reading | The Beginning of the End
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | A Hard Master
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | No One Knows
    • Monday Bible Reading | Why So Downcast?
    • Friday Bible Reading | A Mother’s Broken Heart
    • Thursday Bible Reading | Empty Religion
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | Beyond David
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | The Heart of the Question
    • Monday Bible Reading | If You’re Feeling Overwhelmed…
    • Friday Bible Reading | Talk is Cheap
    • Thursday Bible Reading | Afraid of the Crowd
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | You Can Move Mountains?
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | Blinded by Vision
    • Monday Bible Reading | A Royal Wedding
    • Friday Bible Reading | No Sheep Left Behind
    • Thursday Bible Reading | Tax-free Children
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | No Pain, No Gain, No Fame
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | What Yeast?
    • Monday Bible Reading | God’s Got This
    • Friday Bible Reading | Lip Service
    • Thursday Bible Reading | A Terrible King
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | Is it Worth It?
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | Do You Suffer from RWS?
    • Monday Bible Reading | Carried and Covered
    • Friday Bible Reading | Inside Out
    • Thursday Bible Reading | Can’t See a Good Thing…
    • Ash Wednesday Bible Reading | Playing in the Mud
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | Follow Mercy or Follow the Rules?
    • Monday Bible Reading | In My Weakness
    • Daily Devos Going Dark for One Week
    • Friday Bible Reading | What Possesses You?
    • Thursday Bible Reading | Swamped!
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | He Touched What?!?
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | So Simple, So Hard
    • Monday Bible Reading | Who Do You Trust?
    • Friday Bible Reading | I Have to be Perfect?!?
    • Thursday Bible Reading | Simple
    • Wednesday Bible Reading| Matters of the Heart
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | A Deeper Law
    • Monday Bible Reading | Deeply Rooted
    • Friday Bible Reading | Fishing for People
    • Thursday Bible Reading | Remember the Long Road
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | False Advertising
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | Know Who You Are
    • Monday Bible Reading | Don’t Push It
    • Friday Bible Reading | Fire and Water
    • Thursday Bible Reading | God’s Party Clothes
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | The Fruit of Peace
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | The Nazarite Vow
    • Monday Bible Reading | I Love This Kid!
    • Saturday Bible Reading | Hope For Your Future
    • Friday Bible Reading | Why Does God Still Love Us?
    • Thursday Bible Reading | A Tragic Death
    • Wednesday Bible Reading | Drawn Out of the Water
    • Tuesday Bible Reading | Is Jealousy Wrong?
    • Monday’s Bible Reading
    • What is Justice? Can the Justice League or the Avengers Save Us?
    • What is Advent? A Live Chalk Talk Presentation
    • Wealth, Social Class, and the Kingdom of Heaven | A Visual Sermon from Matthew 25:31-46
    • Need vs. Want
    • What’s the Point? | A Devo on Matthew 19:16-22
    • Mirror, Mirror | A Reflection on 2 Samuel 12:1-9
    • Choose Life
    • God Doesn’t Use a Refrigerator
    • Following the Cloud
    • Take Off Your Sandals
    • Forgiveness
    • Sibling Rivalry, In our Family?
    • Don’t Let Fear Wall You In
    • So Many People!
    • And You Thought Your Family Was Messed Up
    • Should Women be Offended by the Story of Ruth?
    • Fair Weather Friends
    • Which Gospel Do You Need?
    • God’s Got You Covered
    • Ruth: The Making of a Hero
    • A Commentary on Ruth
    • Who is at the Lunch Table? | A Devo for Ruth 2:14
    • The Haves and the Have-Nots | A Devo on Ruth 2:4-13
    • Loving Aliens | A Devo on Ruth 2:1-3
    • All In | A Devo on Ruth 1:16-17
    • She’s From Where? | A Devo on Ruth 1:1-6
    • Robin Williams, Sadness, and Hope | A Devo on Ruth 1
    • Call Me Mara | A Devo on Ruth 1:20-21
    • Daily Devos for the Narrative Lectionary
• Category: Books
  • Resources to Study the Bible
  • Get on the Balcony
  • Reading, Reading, Reading…
  • Ordinary Time
  • Category: Books - Adult Learning
    • A Visual Book Review of The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
    • Book | The Practice of Communicative Theology by Scharer and Hilberath
    • Book | The Evolving Self by Robert Kegan
    • Book | Stages of Faith by James Fowler
  • Category: Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics
    • Faith Formation in a Secular Age by Andy Root | #visualnotes
    • Book | In Search of Self edited by van Huyssteen and Wiebe
    • Book | Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics by Jean Grondin
    • Putting Willard on the Raft | A Reflection on Gary Black’s book The Theology of Dallas Willard
    • Book | A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
    • Book | Converging on Culture
    • Book | The Postmodern Turn by Steven Best and Douglas Kellner
    • Book | Translating the Message by Lamin Sanneh
    • Book | Practicing Gospel by Edward Farley
    • Paper | A Presentation on Hans-Georg Gadamer
    • Book | Theories of Culture by Kathryn Tanner
    • Book | The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity by Jürgen Habermas
    • Book | Thketch of The Christian Imagination by Willie Jennings
• Category: Dissertation
  • The Dissertation is Bound and on the Shelf
  • Deep in the Burbs
  • Category: Technology for Academics
    • Visual, Interactive Book Reviews for You
    • Confessions of a Post-Doc Pastor
    • The Digital Version of the Dissertation is Finished
    • How Scrivener is Helping Me Rebuild My Dissertation
    • My New Academic Tool – The iPad
• Category: News
  • What Does it Mean to Be Born Again? | A Visual Guide and Commentary on John 3:1-21
  • Apologies for the Downed Site
  • Give the Gift of Learning this Christmas
  • A Visual Representation of the Book To Understand God Truly by David Kelsey
  • Brief History of How Theological Education Moved from the Local Church to the Academy
  • My Research Project Overview
  • A Missional Imagination for ELCA Polity by Steve Thomason
  • Posts Moved…
  • Week 46 Day 5 – When Prayers Don’t Get Answered…
  • Pursuing a PhD
  • Preposting the Food for Thought
  • Week 31 Day 3 – A Picture of the People
  • Images for Holy Week
  • Lord, Save Us From Your Followers
  • The .pdf for Week 10 and 11 are now posted
  • When God Downloads
  • Week 7 Day 2 – What’s at the Center?
  • Week 7 Day 1 – A Blessing
  • Week 6 pdf is now available
  • Reading Paul’s Mail
  • business cards?
  • RefTagger from Logos
  • First Vibble Books Title in Print
  • New Vibble Store is Ready
  • New Vibble Under Construction
  • Coming Soon
  • Steve’s “Credentials”
• Category: Personal Updates
  • Warning! Site Upgrade This Weekend
  • Upon Turning 50
  • My Site is Broken, Please Pray
  • Leaving for a Week of Youth Missions
  • Going Dark for Three Weeks
  • Reflections on First Year at Easter
  • Snowpocalypse, You Can’t Stop Church!
  • Thomason Christmas Letter 2017
  • The Easter Lutheran Church App is Here!
  • Art and Travel
  • An Important Correction to My Recent Sermon on Love and Racism
  • Celebrate 500 Subscribers with 75% off EVERYTHING
  • First Morning in a New House
  • Last Day in our House
  • A Graceful Farewell
  • Grace, Easter, and the Final Week
  • The Cloud is Moving…to Eagan
  • Get FREE Stuff! Celebrating 400 Subscribers
  • A Wonderful Week of Artheology
  • Thomason Christmas Letter 2015 and 2016
  • Broken and Repaired
  • Fade to Black
  • How to Register for an Online Course on this Website
  • A Question/Survey for Readers and Subscribers of My Blog | Please Help Me Make This Better!
  • Tweets from the Week
  • One Chapter Ends, Another Begins
  • Tweets from the Week
  • Tweets from the Week
  • Tweets from the Week
  • Tweets from the Week
  • So Glad I Didn’t Get to Graduate This Year
  • Tweets from the Week
  • Reflecting on Five Years at Grace
  • Thomason Christmas Letter 2014
  • Experimenting with Creating a Membership Gathering on my Blog | Are you Interested?
  • Happy New Year!
  • Deep in the Books
  • Living Last Supper Photos
  • It helps when you’re already dead…
  • Where Will I Be…
  • Shifting Gears
  • A New Chapter Begins in Following the Cloud
  • Test Day Has Come And Gone
  • My Story
  • Category: Guatemala
    • Guatemala Day 9: Coming Home
    • Guatemala Day 8: In the City
    • Guatemala Day 7: Tikal
    • Guatemala Day 5 and 6: Maya Itza
    • Guatemala Day 4: Women of Courage
    • Guatemala Day 3: Many Flames, One Light
    • Guatemala Day 1 and 2: Getting There
• Category: Sermons
  • Are You Ready for Matthew?
  • A Deeper Advent | Resources for Preaching, Teaching, and Experiencing Advent This Year
  • Download PowerPoints for Advent
  • Jesus: Suffering Servant or Conquering King?
  • How Do We Walk in the Spirit? | A Sketch for This Week’s Sermon
  • What Makes You Come Alive?
  • A Visual Meditation on the Foolishness of the Cross
  • The Power of Forgiveness
  • The Church is Messy and Holy
  • A Visual Meditation on Why Jesus is God’s Best Idea Ever
  • A Visual Meditation on Sabbath Rest
  • MindMap for Sermon on Differences-Conflict
  • How Do We Handle Emotions in Church?
  • Preparing for The Good Life
  • Some Drawings to Illustrate the Easter Vigil
  • Observations from Luke 4:16-30
  • A Visual Guide to Isaiah 6:1-8 | Narrative Lectionary
  • Why Should We Give? | A Section of the Sermon I Had to Cut for Time
  • A Behind the Scenes Look at Job Week 2: How to Speak in Times of Suffering
  • So, Why Do Good People Suffer? Getting Ready to Preach through Job
  • How to Create a Visual Sermon Using ProCreate and Photoshop
  • Why Should We Pray? What Do You Think?
  • Gearing Up for Summer Worship Series at Grace
  • A Helpful Sketch of Romans from The Bible Project
  • A Great Music Video for the Sermon on the Mount
  • Preaching Through Ruth in August
  • Justice and Worship Survey Results
  • Would You Be Willing to Take a Short Survey to Help Prepare for the Upcoming Sermon?
  • When is God with Us? Thoughts for the Upcoming Sermon
  • Thoughts about the Upcoming Sermon on Manna
  • A Sketch of Ephesians 2:18
  • Thoughts for Upcoming Sermon | What Does Peace Look Like?
  • Hope Compels Us
  • It’s Sermon Prep Participation Time Again
  • Join the Sermon Conversation for Advent Week 2 – Joel 2:12-13, 28-29
  • Need Help for Upcoming Sermon on Daniel 6:6-27 | Do you hate to wait? #Hate2Wait
  • Thinking about the Upcoming Sermon
  • Thinking about this week’s Sermon…
  • Thinking about this week’s sermon
  • Feedback from Advent Prayers
  • Updated Sermon Audio Page
  • A Funny Thing Happened While I Was Preaching…
  • Category: sermons2017
    • Love All | The Final Sermon in Advent Conspiracy
    • Sermon from Advent Conspiracy | Spend Less
    • Worship Fully | Part One in the Advent Conspiracy Series
    • How You Live Matters | A Sermon on Law and Gospel from the CORE Series
    • The Bible is Our Guide, Not Our God | A Sermon from the CORE Series
    • Jesus is God’s Best Idea Ever | A Sermon from the CORE Series
    • A Sermon on Rest to Conclude the Good Life Series
    • Love in the Face of Racism | A Sermon from the Good Life Series
    • A Sermon on Handling Conflict from the Good Life Series
    • A Sermon on Emotions from the Good Life Series
    • A Sermon on the Good Life in Community
    • Do Something to Bless Others | A Sermon on Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29
    • Do Something to Embrace Life | A Sermon on Galatians 1:13-14, 2:11-21
    • My Last Sermon at Grace | Easter Vigil 2017
    • Salvation Has Come | A Sermon on Luke 18:31-19:10
    • …a great chasm… | A Sermon on Lazarus and the Rich Man from Luke 16:19-31
    • Are You Listening? | A Sermon on Luke 10:25-42 from the Narrative Lectionary
    • Where Glory Dwells | A Sermon on the Transfiguration from Luke 9:28-45
    • Who is at the Table? | A Sermon from Luke 7:36-50
    • Faith and Compassion | A Sermon on Luke 7:1-17 from the Narrative Lectionary
    • Good News, Bad News | A Sermon on Luke 4:16-30
    • Igniting the Kingdom Life | A Sermon from Luke 3:1-22 in the Narrative Lectionary
  • Category: sermons2018
    • A Deeper Love | A Sermon for Advent 4 from Luke 1:46-55
    • A Deeper Hope | Sermon for Advent 1 from Psalm 25 and Luke 21:25-36
    • Grateful | A Sermon on Generosity and Thanksgiving from Luke 17:11-19 and Deuteronomy 26:1-11
    • In _________ We Trust | A Sermon from a Deep Life of Generosity
    • Worship Beyond Time, Space, and Religious Boundaries | A Sermon from A Deep Life
    • Why Worship? | A Sermon from A Deep Life Series
    • How to Listen to God | A Sermon on Prayer from A Deep Life Series
    • Why Pray? | A Sermon from 1 Thessalonians 5:17 in A Deep Life
    • Growing and Going in A Deep Life | A Sermon from Colossians 2:6-7
    • What is A Deep Life? | A Sermon from Psalm 1:1-3 and John 15:1-5
    • Spirit of Hope | A Sermon on the Revelation
    • Spirit of Loving Neighbor | A Sermon from the Alive Series
    • Walking in the Spirit | A Sermon from the Alive Series
    • How to Process Grief | A Sermon from the Overcome Series
    • Overcome (by) Anger | A Sermon from the Overcome Series
    • A Sermon on Anxiety from the Overcome Series
    • Where Does New Life Dwell? | A Sermon for Easter from John 20:1-18
    • What Were You Expecting? | A Sermon on the Triumphal Entry in John 12:12-27
    • Here, Your King | A Sermon on John 19:1-16a
    • What is Truth? | A Sermon on John 18:28-40
    • Peter’s Denial | A Sermon on John 18:1-27
    • The Woman at the Well | A Sermon on John 4:1-42
    • What Does it Mean to Be Born Again? | A Sermon on John 3:1-21
    • What Makes God Angry? | A Sermon on John 2:13-22
    • Come and See | A Sermon from John 1:35-51 from the Narrative Lectionary
• Category: sermons2019
  • Finding Our Way Through Compassion | A Sermon on Matthew 7:1-12
  • Finding Our Way in the Wilderness | A Sermon from Matthew 4:1-17
  • Finding Our Way through Fire and Water | A Sermon from Matthew 3:1-17
  • Finding Our Way | A Sermon from Matthew 1
• Category: Spiritual Formation
  • Would You Like to Take The Journey With Me?
  • Taking a Step in the Deep Life
  • Deep in the Burbs
  • What is Your Relationship with The Deep?
  • Preparing for A Deep Life
  • East of Eden and What I Learned from Pine Ridge
  • Breakfast and Poustinia
  • Dying to Live and the Pain of Holy Saturday
  • Growing Out of Hell
  • The Mystery of Knowing and How To Get Over a Bad Day
  • The Good Life and Spirituality
  • What is Your Image of God?
  • Changing from the Bottom Up
  • Animation, Renovare, Joe Davis and the Mid-Faith Crisis
  • Beyond Words | A Reflection on Dallas Willard
  • How Do You Manage Multiple Passions?
  • What is Conversion?
  • Spirituality and Spiritual Formation: Defining Terms
  • Love, Tears, Bono, and Eugene Peterson
  • What is God Doing in Your Life? Four Video Stories of Vocation
  • How to Have a Quiet Time with God
  • Cultivating a Spiritual Formation Plan for the Local Congregation
  • Does This Analogy Work? James Cameron’s The Abyss and Baptism
  • Take the Overflow Course
  • Own Your Faith Video Series Complete!
  • The Overflow Prayer | Kill me. Fill me. Spill me.
  • Ways to Engage in the Lenten Journey
  • Visual Notes from the Mid-Winter Convocation at Luther Seminary #LSConvo2015
  • Deep in the Burbs Workshop for Mid-Winter Convocation at Luther Seminary
  • Abide in Me | Plugged In
  • Another PhD Candidate Seeking Missional Spirituality
  • Three Metaphors for Spiritual Formation
  • Three Metaphors for Spiritual Formation
  • How Dallas Willard’s VIM connects with Schneiders’ Definition of Spirituality
  • Evangelism, Spirituality, and the Trinity
  • New Study Shows Major Changes Coming to the Twin Cities Suburbs
  • Great Definition of Christian Spirituality from Schneiders and Green
  • Parker Palmer on Transcendence
  • Life on the Möbius Strip | A Video by Parker Palmer
  • Encouraged by Our High School Students, Once Again
  • Why the Missional Movement Will Fail | A Response to Mike Breen
  • The Resurrection Plant – Amazing BBC Video
  • James B. Ashbrook and #neurotheology
  • Deep Blue Dreams
  • The Transformative Gospel with Richard Rohr
  • Make a D.A.T.E. with God | How to Have a Quiet Time
  • Our Identity in Christ
  • Listening to God in Everything | A Response to Lamin Sanneh’s Translating the Message
  • Article | Unity Through Spirit and Praxis by Joel Halldorf
  • Distribution of Wealth in the United States | An Excellent Visualization
  • Third Space is Peace
  • Article | CREATING SPACE FOR GOD: TOWARD A SPIRITUALITY OF YOUTH MINISTRY by Michael Hryniuk
  • More Than a Weight Loss Program | Thoughts About Lent
  • I’ll be Leading an Animate.Faith Group this Spring!
  • Israel and Iran: A Love Story? A TED Talk You Must See
  • Overflow 2.0
  • I Love This Perspective on What it Means to Be a Disciple
  • Resources for the Study of Evangelical Spirituality
  • Sketches of Spiritual Formation
  • A Visual of How Our Story fits into the World Stories
  • Quote from Parker Palmer
  • Article | Critical Interiority by Mary Frohlich
  • Article | The Study of Spirituality by Philip Sheldrake
  • Mapping the Spiritualities: A Simple Sketch
  • Article | Mapping a Field: Why and How to Study Spirituality
  • A Landscape of Adult Learning and Christian Spirituality – on Prezi
  • Creation Walk in Suburbia
  • Word for the Day: Interdisciplinarity. Will it kill me?
  • Current Reading Update
  • The Story of England and My Research
  • Haiti, Spiritual Formation, and Global Responsibility
  • When Legos meet Academia
  • I Turned in My Final Paper for Trinity and Mission!
  • A Theory of Strategic Action
  • A Mighty Wind
  • Great Video on Practicing the Ways of Jesus
  • Of Confirmation and Contemplation
  • The Stations of the Cross
  • Conversations…What is new wine in new wineskins all about?
  • The Vaccination of Fasting
  • and Lead Us Not Into Marshmallows…
  • Thoughts on Prayer
  • Thoughts on Prayer
  • Soaking in Lent
  • Four Phases of Spiritual Formation
  • Three Basic Needs of Youth
  • How to Have a Quiet Time p. 2
  • How to Have a Quiet Time p. 1
  • The Butterfly Circus
  • maintaining emotional health
  • The Sabbatical is Over
  • Jesus Wants to Save Christians – Rob Bell
  • Spiritual Gifts
  • How to Pray
  • Week 3 Day 3 – What’s in a Name?
  • A New Journey with Grace
  • Does a Clone Have a Soul?
  • The Enneagram and Spiritual Formation
  • Striving for a B
  • Sailing into the Love of God
  • Spiritual Formation Page
  • The Overflow Principle
  • Category: Family Faith
    • Good Family Faith Friday
    • Your Unique Family
    • Between | Why I’m Freaked Out About the Relationship Retreat
    • The Family Bath Towel
    • The Family that Weeps Together…
    • Practicing Lent as a Family
    • Family Tables and Holy Huddles
    • I’ve Never Met a Perfect Family
  • Category: ministry
    • Should A Pastor Be An Artist?
    • Taking Visual Notes for the eFormation18 Conference at Virginia Theological Seminary #eform
    • A Word to the White Preacher
    • Can I Get a Witness at the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly #MASassembly
    • Reflections on the Experimental Beginnings Class
    • Love One Another, One Sandwich at a Time
    • One Week Left, Then it’s Crank Up the Teaching Machine!
    • Rethinking Faith Formation Visual Notes
    • My Reflections on “The Decision” at Grace
    • Notes from the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly 2014
    • Why Don’t My Kids (or grandkids) Go to Church? | A Workshop by David Lose
    • I Share Therefore I Am | A Video by Shimi Cohen on Sherry Turkle
    • Questions that the Animate.Faith Class will Raise
    • A Very Pastoral Week Ahead
    • Elizabeth Drescher | CML Plenary Session | Jesus Has SO Left the Building
    • Rex Miller | CML Plenary Session | When the Word became Gospel in a Cloud Era
    • conference on Digital Media in Missional Ministry
    • Another nice video call to worship from the Skit Guys
    • Sketch from the Synod Assembly
    • Great quote about the church in culture
    • The Overflow Prayer: Kill Me, Fill Me, Spill Me
    • the Missional Church: Simple
    • Promo Video for Grace Children and Youth Ministry Fair
    • One Day Without Shoes
    • Weekend Review
  • Category: Youth Ministry
    • Interfaith Dialogue
    • Teaching Luther’s Small Catechism at Camp Wapo
    • Middle School and the Good Life
    • Connecting to Creation in Suburbia
    • Confirmation 2016
    • Celebrating Our Graduates This Morning…and Being a Little Nostalgic
    • Heading to #PlanetWisdom Tonight
    • 14 Real-Life Rules for Teens
    • S.W.A.T. Has Arrived
    • The Kingdom of Heaven is like an iPod
    • I Slept in a Box Last Night
    • Catching breath and assessing
    • A Video About Going to College
    • Parents are the key
    • Where Have All the Students Gone?
    • Catechism Bible Quiz
• Category: Theology
  • What is Lutheran Worship?
  • God in the End
  • Encounter the Other #REA17 #visualnotes
  • A Visual Guide to Luther’s Small Catechism
  • The Holy Spirit Described by the Bible Project
  • Tim and Jon Discuss the Spirit
  • It is Hard to Not Be Racist
  • You May Be a Theologian if…
  • Learn How to Talk About God (and Politics) without Killing Each Other
  • Does Theology Intimidate You?
  • Terence Fretheim on God, Evil, and Suffering
  • On Being a Post-Evangelical, Missional, Neo-Lutheran Pastor and Theologian
  • A Resource Page for the Sermon Series on the Apostles’ Creed from the Narrative Lectionary
  • The Latest Animation from the Bible Project: Holiness
  • The Maleficent Gospel | A Theological Reflection on Disney’s Maleficent
  • And the Ripples said, “Let there be light…”
  • Missiology and the Missional Church
  • Part 2 of Dr. Fretheim’s Talk at the Synod Assembly
  • What is Justice?
  • VibbleSpace gets a Makeover
  • A Study in Contrasts
  • A New Thketch about Robert Kegan’s Five Orders of Consciousness
  • A New Thketch
  • Newbigin’s Plausibility Structures – Rough Sketch
  • A Visual History of Philosophical Hermeneutics – Rough Sketch
  • What is the Word of God?
  • Simpson’s Lecture on Critical Social Theory
  • A hopeful quote from a theologian
  • SketchNotes Lecture on the Birth of Modernity
  • Great Lecture on Greek Thought
  • A Lengthy Response to My First Thketch – PanDeism
  • Theological Sketch ‘o the Day
  • The Future of Theological Education
  • The Map of a Moment – What Goes into Making Choices?
  • Stripping Roses from the Cross
  • Lesslie Newbigin on the Role of the Church in Society
  • Fare Well Rob Bell
  • Lesslie Newbigin on Election
  • on knowing and believing by Lesslie Newbigin
  • Definition of the Church
  • On Becoming Human
  • Chuck: The Postmodern Hero
  • What is Lent Leader’s Guide for Catechism
  • RSA Animate – An Empathic Society
  • A Good Q&A about the Bible and Sin
  • Finished Reading Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth
  • The Plurality of Truth
  • Modern Cosmology
  • Medieval Cosmology
  • Ancient Cosmology
  • Category: Building Community
    • Illustrations for Gary Smalley’s LUV Talk
  • Category: Law and Gospel
    • Law and Gospel #visualnotes
    • Theology of the Cross
    • What is Your Picture of the Gospel?
    • The Key of Our Calling | A Sermon on Vocation from Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 6:4-8 in the Narrative Lectionary
    • Law, Gospel, Futurity, and Carrots
    • The First and Second Use of the Law #visualnotes
    • Law and Gospel with Keifert and Jacobson | Session One #visualnotes
  • Category: Spirituality in Adult Learning
  • Category: The Missional Church
    • Unity, Diversity, Interfaith Dialogue, and the Mission of the Church
    • Nondual Thinking and the Missional Church
    • Visual Notes from the Missional Leadership D.Min. Course
    • Rethinking the Great Commission
    • Heaven and Earth
    • What is the Missional Church?
    • Missio Trinitatis | The Family Mission | Great Idea from Mike Breen
    • A Thketch of Missional Church
    • History of the Missional Church
    • A Missional Theory of Strategic Action
    • The Church…
  • Category: The Trinity
    • Entangled in the Trinity
    • The Trinity and the Bible
    • Love Is What Is by Richard Rohr
    • The Trinity Frame
    • An Image of a Centered Set and the Trinity
    • PhD Comics Explains Quantum Entanglement and Qubits
    • The Importance of Relational Ontology | A Quote from Zizioulas
    • Drawing on The Trinity: Part 1
    • The Social Trinity: Part 4 | A Fusion of Horizons
    • A Funny Animation that Names Classic Trinitarian Heresies
    • My Daughter’s Concept of the Trinity
    • Connecting MeWe Principle with the I and Me of George Mead
    • Thketch | The Grammar of Me: The MeWe Principle
    • Paper | Spiritual Formation and the Trinity – Spring 2012
    • Another Trinity Sketch
    • Trinity Animation
    • The MeWe Principle
    • Sketches on Trinity and Praxis
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Hello world!
• Category: Writing
  • Vibble Books Titles Free to Download
  • Category: Fiction
    • Pleroma is Ten Years Old, Have You Read It?
    • National Novel Writing Month Begins #NaNoWriMo
    • A Reader’s Response to Pleroma
    • A Big Step for the Nectar Trilogy
    • A Reader’s Response to Pleroma
    • Thoughts about Chuck

MailPoet Page

• MailPoet Page