by Steve Thomason | Nov 24, 2015 | Books - Preaching
It has been a long time since a book felt like a cool drink of water on a hot day, or sitting down on a comfortable chair after a long and weary walk, or sharing a good meal with safe people after days of hostile deliberations. Frederick Buechner’s book Telling...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 13, 2015 | Devos
Every Sunday, in the traditional liturgical services, we sing the Gospel Acclamation right before the Gospel text is read. Why do we do this? Today’s reading in The Journey is the source of that text. The reading is John 6:60-71. Many of Jesus’ disciples...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 15, 2015 | Law and Gospel
Rolf Jacobson asked me to present during our last session of the Law and Gospel class. I am the teacher’s assistant (TA) and Pat Keifert was out of town, so it made sense that I would do so. The only problem is that, after last week’s session, I felt like I have...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 1, 2015 | Law and Gospel, Lecture Notes
Dr. Keifert and Dr. Jacobson’s course Law and Gospel at Luther Seminary continues to be a life-giving experience for me. I feel very privileged to be the the T.A. for this course. I missed the second session, but here are the notes I took from the last two...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2015 | Law and Gospel, Lecture Notes
The Law and Gospel class began on Wednesday. I am the TA for this class and feel privileged to sit in with this fine group of students to hear two masters teach us. I intend to post my visual notes each week. (I’ll be out of town next...
