by Steve Thomason | Nov 29, 2016 | Devos
This weekend is the second week of Advent. We will light the candle of LOVE. The Narrative Lectionary calls for Joel 2:12-13, 28-29. I preached on this text, on Advent 2, four years ago and created this image back then. You can hear the sermon here. Now, I come to the...
by Steve Thomason | May 3, 2016 | sermons2016
There is no manuscript for this sermon on 1 Corinthians 13. I basically preached through this post. You can listen to it, though. The real sermon is the CBS video below. This is my simple translation of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love puts up with us even when we blow it,...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 25, 2016 | Devos
1 Corinthians is a letter written by the apostle Paul to a contentious people. He spends much of the letter correcting their negative and destructive behavior. Yet, here in 1 Corinthians 13, nestled in the middle of the constant correctives to chaotic Corinthians...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 21, 2015 | Devos
The Journey reading for today is John 3:9-21. It comes at the same time that I am teaching the Torah, and specifically Genesis 2-3 this week in the Beginnings class. What happened to Adam and Eve after they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? When...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 19, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, February 19. Matthew 12:15-32. Jesus is turning the world upside down. That is our theme for Lent this year. Do you know what happens when you turn the world upside down? The people who thought they were on top are suddenly on the bottom. That doesn’t...
