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  • Malta: When Trouble Becomes Testimony

    Bible Chat on Acts 28:1-10 I think that if I were along the Mediterranean in southern Europe, near Sicily, near the place where Europe meets Africa, and I had the opportunity and the time, I would like to visit Malta. Every picture I see is beautiful. Every story I hear endears me to it. And…

  • Happy Is He (or She)

    “Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God.”— (Psalm 146:5, KJV) We live in a world trained to place its confidence carefully. We are taught to trust what can be measured, secured, insured, or controlled. And yet, week after week, life reminds us…

  • Seasons

    To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.— Ecclesiastes 3:1 Our God breathes upon time and space and enters into our sphere, moving with rhythmic precision and thoughtful order, shaping events, turning tides, and weaving the seasons into a tapestry of purpose. We respond either by riding the waves…

  • Day of the Children

    A Biblical and Theological Perspective Today is observed in many places as International Children’s Day, a day that calls attention to the dignity, protection, rights, and flourishing of children. The date is complicated, as international observances often are. The United Nations’ World Children’s Day is officially observed on November 20, marking the adoption of the…

  • But Some Doubted

    A Trinity Sunday Reflection on Matthew 28:16–20 “And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.”— Matthew 28:16, KJV This is Trinity Sunday, and in this extended passage all three members of the Godhead appear. The risen Son stands before his disciples. He sends them to baptize in the name of the Father,…

  • Money Is a Great Servant, but an Awful Master

    Attitudes Toward Money, Contentment, and the Life That Really Is Life Contentment is not contained in wealth. You can be content whether you are wealthy or poor. Contentment is an attitude, a choice, and a way of thinking. We gain it in the pursuit of values that transcend wealth. You have a relationship with money,…

  • Remaining Faithful to Jesus Christ

    A Reflection on 2 Timothy 1 Faithfulness to Jesus Christ does not mean the absence of fear, suffering, disappointment, or loneliness. It does mean receiving the Spirit’s courage, bearing witness without shame, and using the time we have to refresh others in the graces of mercy and love. That is the movement we discover in…

  • What Do You Want on Your Gravestone?

    How about the memorial to you in the hearts of your loved one? What is being written in the dash between your first day and your last? “Markings” is a reflection on gravestones, memory, mortality, reputation, and the life we are writing while we still have breath. Your stone is being written. Consider these questions…

  • Memorial Day Reflection

    “And they mourned, and wept, and fasted…”— 2 Samuel 1:12 A Memorial Day reflection on remembrance, mourning, sacrifice, and the Christian call to honor the fallen while working, praying, and persuading for peace. On this Memorial Day morning, I find myself looking back over posts I have shared, blogs I have published, articles I have…

  • Tongues of Fire – Pentecost

    A WordPress Devotional for pastortom.blog “And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.”— Acts 2:3 Sometimes the word God has for someone else comes and sits on us first. We do not always know what to say. We do not always know how to say…