by Steve Thomason | Mar 28, 2017 | Devos
Two readings converged on me this morning. The first was from Luke 18:31-19:10, because I will preach on the story of Zacchaeus this week. The second is from John 1:1-5 and Richard Rohr’s meditation in which Rohr provides an alternate translation. The first...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 10, 2017 | Devos
Today’s reading is from Luke 12:35-48. It is the little collection of parables clustered around the theme of a master who has gone away and how the servants must be watchful stewards. I read Justo Gonzalez’s commentary and found it fascinating. He speaks...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 6, 2017 | The Trinity
A group of high school students meets in my house every Tuesday night. It is not the same group of students from week to week, but, I believe it is the group of students that God wants to be there on any given week. Two weeks ago a student showed up that hadn’t...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 29, 2017 | The Missional Church
Richard Rohr speaks a great deal about nondual thinking. His current series of daily meditations draws heavily on it. Read today’s post. Rohr says, The dualistic mind is essentially binary, either/or thinking. It knows by comparison, opposition, and...
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...