by Steve Thomason | Aug 7, 2017 | Youth Ministry
Is it possible to experience The Good Life while sleeping on a tile floor on a deflated air mattress in the basement of a church, leading a group of middle school students 24/7 for a whole week? I stand to confess that yes, it is possible–not easy–but...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 20, 2015 | Personal Updates
Our new youth director–Kristi Larson–starts on Monday. I defend my dissertation next Friday. This is a big week that marks the end of a five-year chapter in my life. Grace was in a crisis in 2010. They were desperately looking for a youth director as the...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 15, 2015 | Personal Updates
This past weekend marked the fifth anniversary of the first time I ever preached at Grace Lutheran Church. I had tentatively signed on as a consultant with the church to help them think through the implementation of adult spiritual formation in the wake of their Focus...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 17, 2013 | Spiritual Formation
Youth Ministry and Spintuality Project A contemplative approach to ministry with youth is founded on the premise that what all young persons ultimately desire, like Franny Glass, is not only an experience of God, but a whole way of life, a spirituality that sustains...