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Rev. Steven E. Thomas, Pastor Pastor Steven Thomas was born in Houston,
Texas. He graduated from New Mexico Tech with a BS in Chemistry. He was working
as a chemist in Baltimore for a few years, and then decided to pursue the dream
of being a pastor. In 1993, Pastor Steve graduated from the Lutheran
Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. Pastor
Steve enjoys hiking, kayaking, and reading. Pastor Steve’s passion is always
looking for greater understanding - especially in how our expanding scientific
knowledge reveals additional wonders of God. Some
of his favorite books are The Bible (of course), Awareness by
Anthony DeMello, One Minute Nonsense by Anthony DeMello, The
Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, E=mc2 by David Bodanis,
and the Tolkein trilogy.
Sample Sermon
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The Human/Divine Rosetta Stone Each person that you meet is a completely
unique creation. Each person is a unique
blend of genetics and their own individual history. Their genetics gives them many traits like
height and eye color. Their genetics
will also lean them towards certain other traits like their happy or stern
personality. But then, each person has a unique blend
of history and experiences which do a lot to shape them as well. For instance, was their family wealthy or
poor? Were they properly nourished
during their growing up years? Did their
parents encourage their personal growth like learning an instrument or a
skill? Or did their parents discourage
these things? Did they have both parents growing
up? Did they get to go to school at any
level? Did they go to a church? What type of church? Did they grow up in the city or the
country? Did they have to go through
some trauma in life? And how did this person adapt to each of
these gifts and challenges in life? In addition, each person, as they grow
learns and filters information and knowledge in their own unique way – that
grows even more unique as they age. It
is as though we are walking Google search engines that filter thoughts and
words by what has been previously input. There are thousands of possibilities in
each person’s life that shape the person.
And so, each person is truly a unique mysterious creation of God. You may see a person on the outside and see
how they dress and how they talk. And
you may think that you can tell who they are from these initial clues. And part of our human survival adaptions is
to make these quick judgements. And
yet, people are far far more complex than you may realize. Many of us barely understand ourselves
much less another person. And yet, God has intentionally surrounded
you with a wide array of these mysterious creatures. And each of them can give you fascinating
insights into how God is working in the world.
Each of them can show you something unique – about the world that you
live in – and about the nature of God.
Because God is interacting with each of these people whether they know
it or not. They are experiencing miracles
and holy insights all the time. Long ago, in 197 BC, some ancient Egyptian
carved a stone that translated some legal proclamation into three
languages. That Rosetta Stone is the
primary way that we learned to translate the Egyptian hieroglyphs. It seems as though God has given all of
us, these unique, fascinating people all around us – to help us translate our
everyday lives into the universal language of the divine. We get to use the manual of the Bible and the
text of our experience – but the holy inscriptions in the lives around us are
the original source for our understanding. In the name of Jesus. |
Pastor Messages of Special Interest
Suicide - Surviving Life’s Darkest Moments
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