Theology
Theology is one of those scary words that either intimidates people or rallies them for a fight. It shouldn't be that way.
Theology is just the process of talking (or doodling) about God.
A Friendly Introduction to Theology
This playlist of videos comes from a course I taught at Grace Lutheran Church in 2016. It builds off of the book Making Sense out of the Christian Faith by David Lose and combines it with my cartooning style and theological perspective. Watch. Share. Enjoy.
Browse My Theological Library
Deep in the Burbs is my PhD Dissertation, Luther Seminary, 2015
View my articles and papers on academia.edu
Theology Posts
My Vocation as a Theologian
My Approach to the Vocation of the Theologian in the Field of Adult Spiritual Formation by Steve Thomason A Term Paper Presented to Professor Alan Padgett Luther Seminary As a Requirement in Course GR8620 The Vocation of the Theologian | St....
Tisdell on Whiteness
This is a section from Exploring Spirituality in Adult and Higher Education. Tisdell addresses the fact that white people in the United States are generally blind to culture, like a fish is unaware of water. A path to spiritual transformation is to wrestle with white...
A Voiceless Thketch about the MeWe Principle
I'm trying something new with this Thketch: No voice-over. Pure visual communication. What do you think?
What is the Word of God?
This is a PowerPoint with Voice-over that offers a simple historical overview of how the Hebrew and Christian scriptures were formed. It then poses the question: "What is the Word of God?" and offers three general schools of thought around the answer.
Thketch | The Grammar of Me: The MeWe Principle
Paper | A Missiology for the ELCA Suburban Congregation by Steve Thomason
This is the paper I wrote for CL8965 Missiology and the Missional Church with Craig Van Gelder in the Spring of 2012. Read on academia.edu A Missiology for the ELCA Congregation in the United States Suburban Context by Steve Thomason A Term Paper presented to...
Book | Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education by Elizabeth Tisdell
Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education by Elizabeth Tisdell My Notes... Assumptions about Spirituality: spirituality and religion are not the same, but for many people they are interrelated spirituality is an awareness and honoring of...
The Gospel and the God-Forsaken: The Challenge of the Missional Church in Suburbia by Todd Hiestand
Todd's paper was presented to the Evangelical Theological Society in March of 2007. Todd blogs about being a pastor and trying to be missional in suburbia. He has a personal blog and a collaborative blog.
The Grammar of Me – A Thketch of the MeWe Principle
The MeWe Principle is a concept I'm working on in my onging thoughts about the Trinity. This Thketch looks at the difference between "I" and "Me" by first looking at their use in English grammar. I then exlplore how God is not an "I" but is a "WE" that creates Me.