Pastor Tom's Community

PRACTICE  INTEGRATION TO REMAIN CONFIDENTLY CONTENT Life is a package. It comes to us as a collection of factors wrapped uniquely for us and containing elements that we relish, as well as, those we would reject given the choice. But life is a package. Learn to integrate the diverse elements of life into a cohesive understanding of life…

Let us advance toward the overwhelming mystery, swim in its fluid enveloping, drown in its wonder, and find that we can breath underwater. Mystery is the essence of wonder and worship. We stand amazed in the Presence. The consuming heaviness of glory, the warmth of love, the irrationality of peace, the paradox of grace, the…

I have boxes of notes. Some are disorganized, mis-categorized, 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 paper.…

What are you PRO-Moting? People are always promoting something. It is refreshing when they come out and tell you and then lay out their compelling arguments for your attention. The specific etymology of "promotion" is: Promotion – 1429, "advancement," from O.Fr. promotion (14c.), from L. promotionem, noun of action from promovere (see promote). Meaning "advertising, publicity"…

  Book Signing Party The Confidence Factor   Tom Sims, our Executive Director and Pastor would like to invite all of his friends in the Central Valley to a book signing party at 4141 Ministries next Friday, August 19, from 6 PM to 8:30 PM. Tom will sign books you have purchased online or.that you purchase at…

Paul Simon knows how to weave lyrics into paradoxical complexity with flair and calculated affect.  "These are the days of miracle and wonderThis is the long distance callThe way the camera follows us in slo-moThe way we look to us allThe way we look to a distant constellationThat's dying in a corner of the skyThese…

You are invited whether you can come in person or to the streaming event.  We will have a supply of books. You can also order HERE or on KINDLE. 

Collective Idiot or Genius Team? Sometimes a lot of smart, good, committed, highly skilled individuals can make one big collective idiot. Sometimes they make a team pulling together, generating creative ideas, and exercising corporate strength and influence with enthusiasm and precision. The difference? Common values including valuing the the members in an uncommon way, shared…

"God put me on earth to do a certain number of things. Right now I'm so far behind I'll never die."  – Calvin in Calvin & Hobbes, by Bill Waterson "Grace and healing are communicated through the vulnerability of men and women who have been fractured and heartbroken by life."  — Brennan Manning,  Abba's Child Creativity…