by Steve Thomason | May 2, 2016 | The Journey
The Journey Pilot Group officially ended yesterday. 30 people gathered back in September to launch on an 8-month experience of spiritual formation. We traveled in five separate cohorts, comprised of 15 pairs of traveling companions. We watched twenty-four videos, read...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2015 | Spiritual Formation
This short animation is designed to provide a simple way to structure a quiet time with God through scripture, prayer, and creative expression. Read more about quiet...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 28, 2015 | The Journey
The September 2015 edition of The Journal of the American Academy of Religion arrived yesterday. I was drawn to the article by C.W. Huntington, Jr. “The Triumph of Narcissism: Theravada Buddhist Meditation in the Marketplace.” (624-648) Huntington offers a...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 8, 2015 | Personal Journal, Personal Updates
It is time to attempt a simple synthesis of what the research revealed in direct relation to the research question itself. The data seem to indicate that an increased awareness and understanding of the social Trinity impacted the ideation and praxis of spiritual...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 6, 2014 | Books - Spirituality, Personal Journal
I was reading God, Sexuality, and the Self by Sarah Coakley today. Chapter Four, “The Charismatic Constituency: Embarrassment or Riches?” reports her ethnographic research of two Charismatic congregations in a University town in England. The chapter itself...