by Steve Thomason | Jan 23, 2017 | Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church
Richard Rohr has fascinated me for many years. I read his daily meditations almost every day. This morning I found myself drawn in to his Introduction to the 2017 Daily Meditations theme in this 8-minute video called “From the Bottom Up.” During the video...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 29, 2016 | Animation, Thketches
https://youtu.be/uXRpBknhljg?rel=0 Ideas often unfold for me while I’m walking. Last Thursday morning this video unfolded in my mind. It has three origins: The final sermon in the series on Job is coming up over Labor Day weekend. The wisdom of Job leads us to...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 28, 2016 | Devos
The Narrative Lectionary text for this week is Mark 6:1-29. Observations and Questions: There are three distinct stories in this reading… Disbelief in Nazareth (Mark 6:1-6)… The people were astounded at his teaching and his power. They did not deny the...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 7, 2015 | sermons2015, The Missional Church
This is the fourth and final sermon in our series on Tough Questions. What is the Big Deal about Church? In an age when more and more people choose to disengage from organized religion and would rather be considered spiritual, but not religious, how should we think...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 10, 2015 | Books - Missional Church
Bouman, Stephen P. 2013. The Mission Table: Renewing Congregation and Community. (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress). Author Stephen P. Bouman is the Executive Director of Congregational and Synodical Mission in the ELCA Churchwide Office. [divider] My Thoughts...