Pastor Tom's Community

“And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.” – Psalm 55:6 It was November 21, 1783 in Paris, France.  Physicist Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes fulfilled the dreams of generations when they became the first humans to fly.…

"Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories." ~John Wilmot Any parent, worth his or her salt, will readily admit to ignorance on any number of subjects, especially parenting. It can be frightening when we consider the consequence for our children and the…

  We choose how we will spend our time. It is a commodity that is not renewable, but with proper stewardship, it can be maximized. It is ironic, but true, that our decisions about expenditures of time will determine the quality of that time and the effectiveness of our lives. We can give our time…

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. - Psalm 40:2  Grace Has Brought Me Safe Thus Far I tread cautiously on the subject of safety, for safety is an ultimate value, not a temporal one. It is…

  Just showing up. Maria Shriver said this about her father Sargent Shriver, "He showed us how to show up in other people's lives." What a gift – to be able to show up in other people's lives … positively … to make a difference … to be the very presence of God for them…

This is a full day – But what day isn't?We fill it with something … usually a choice.Always a choice?Many choices?Tiny, miniscule choices … autonomic, preconditioned choices …Choices we have ceased to monitor.Pellets of purpose converging, coalescing, cascading …Becoming bigger and bigger choices until…We think/believe/accept …a LIE —That we have no choice and that our…

We've lived long enough to know that power can be stripped bare and become as lowly as the fleeting breath of the ordinary soul. Power, wealth, position, and prestige are rather frail. The ability to buy favor will fade. Riches do not last. Major companies, power-brokers of influence, and empires turn to dust daily and…

The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.  – Psalm 50:10 The call to worship that resounds throughout history is an evangelistic call. It is a summons to recognize that God is Sovereign over all things and that He is…

"Unsearchable greatness" means that there is no laboratory big enough, or any laboratory conditions vast enough, constant enough, nor sophisticated enough to fully evaluate, calculate, nor designate the "science of God." The variable extend beyond our grasp. The constants are deeper than our ability to name them. God is greater than creation and the laws…

  “I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. “ Psalm 119:59 What can turn you around? There is divine meeting place between you and God and you have an appointment to meet Him there. It is in that place at His appointed time where you take a long look at…