by Steve Thomason | Apr 23, 2014 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, How Do We Think?
Grondin, Jean. Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994. Author – Jean Grondin The following illustration represents the history that Grondin sets forth in this book. It provides a nice frame for understanding how...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 22, 2014 | Spiritual Formation
We must resist the popular tendency to think of transcendence as an upward and outward escape from the realities of self and world. instead, transcendence is a breaking-in, a breathing of the Spirit of love into the heart of our existence, a literal in-spiration that...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 17, 2014 | Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies, The Trinity
Part of my research focuses on exploring the sense-making process of walking with the Spirit in community (specifically, how this works in the suburbs). Let me walk through the events and conversations of the last week in an effort to make some provisional sense from...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 11, 2014 | Sketches
Decided to sketch squirrels today. Not sure why, other than they are way too cute! Enjoy!
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...