by Steve Thomason | Apr 4, 2014 | Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation
I drew this crude sketch in 2006. Be warned, it is gross, but very true. To quote my teen-age daughter when I do or say things like this, “What, are you 13?” The painful truth is that it is only when things are difficult that the greatest growth and...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 27, 2014 | Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation
The Research Team came up with these definitions of Spiritual Formation during our second session. Spiritual formation is to form my life, my daily thoughts and actions, always at least trying to be aware of the Holy Spirit and ever-present Father. Not just when I’m...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 24, 2014 | Books - Missional Church, Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church
Bass, Diana Butler. Christianity after Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening. 1st ed. New York: HarperOne, 2012. I heard Diana Butler Bass speak at the Festival of Homiletics a couple years ago, and she was fantastic. These are the...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 20, 2014 | Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Foster, Richard J. “Spiritual formation agenda: Richard Foster shares his three priorities for the next 30 years.” Christianity Today 53, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 28-33. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed March 20, 2014) A member...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 17, 2014 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Books - Spirituality, How Do We Think?, postfoundational, Spiritual Formation
Black, Gary. The Theology of Dallas Willard: Discovering Protoevangelical Faith. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013. The Author – Dr. Gary Black, Jr. This essay is both a reflection on Gary Black’s book The Theology of Dallas Willard, and a huge note of...
