Pastor Tom's Community

Something unique happened. Power and miracles accompanied the proclamation of truth, but still, it was the truth that mattered and the truth that stood out. There was a message in the manifestation, not magic. But magicians, being opportunistic manipulators of power sought the power to manipulate the masses. Wealth, power, prestige, and honor were at…

Sometimes I need AN attitude adjustment. I just need to flip the switch from channel zero to channel one and start living on a higher level of thinking. It is possible, but there are some obstacles. It is then that I harness the power of one of many AN remedies: The Complaint CAN – If…

  I am as efficient at the art of procrastination as anyone I know. I know that you can put off a decision until it is irrelevant. That way, you never have to say "no" or commit to a "yes." I am proficient at avoiding a task until the last minute and renegotiating my schedule…

  Let's put our cards on the table and have an honest conversation where we can find mutual benefit. "What are you selling?" I know it is a bit crude, possibly rude, but I get a lot of phone calls where we have to go through the "beating around the bush" dance for a few…

I dream. On a restless summer night in a pool of my own perspiration, I dream. In the quiet slumber of an October evening, I dream. In the quickening of the morning and the settling of the evening, I dream. And when I am awakened and as I move through the appointed day, my dreams…

“And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.” – Acts 4:32 One of the characteristics of the new believers in the Jerusalem church was their generous…

I have boxes of notes. Some are disorganized, categorized incorrectly, and undated, but they have had and may continue to have a function in my life. You see, somewhere in the maze of thinking that occupies the landscape of my muddled mind is some machinery that operates only in response to what I commit to…

  Eleven years ago, at an unnamed restaurant named for some guy named Benny or Lenny or Kenny – something like that, I had a very disappointing experience. Know this: I am a D****'s fan and this group I was with had been going to that same spot at the same time for eight years.…

“And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. …  And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God …  And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! “  John 1:32, 34, 36 Happy…

Oh Lamb of God Upon whose sinless shoulders All sin has pressed down its awful weight, We pause amidst the frivolous trivialities of our lives To behold You In a manger, on the cross, ascending to Your throne Coming once again in glory Amen.