by Steve Thomason | Sep 12, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This is the introductory sermon to the series A Deep Life and looks at Psalm 1:1-3 and John 15:1-5. We live in a busy world that pulls us in many directions. A Deep Life is one that takes a breath and sinks roots deeply into the Love of God, through Jesus Christ, in...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 31, 2017 | Spiritual Formation
What is the purpose and process of spiritual formation? That is a question that fuels my life’s work. I am currently reading (listening to) Richard Rohr’s Book Hidden Things: Scripture as Spirituality and it has reaffirmed and contributed to my understanding of the...
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by Steve Thomason | Aug 16, 2016 | Devos
Today I find myself standing between the second and third weeks of a five-part sermon series on the book of Job. Last week we focused on the conversations that Job had with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. They wrongfully accused him of sin, because that was their only...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 1, 2016 | Devos
Are you able to call God Father? Some people are not. Many people had horrible fathers that abused them. Many people didn’t know their fathers because they walked out. Many people associate the term father with a long, painful history of male domination and the...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 4, 2016 | Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, postfoundational, Suburban Studies
This paper asks the question: How can the church leader attend to the generational gaps found in suburban congregations, specifically as it relates to spiritual formation in the congregation? I use Robert Kegan’s theory of the Five Orders of Consciousness as a...
