Pastor Tom's Community

We are never too old, young, weak, tired, insignificant, broke, discouraged, hopeless, grumpy, cold, impetuous, fearful, bold, timid, sick, or ill-equipped to try to change the world for the better. When no one knows; when no one suspects; when there is nothing on your face and your eyes divert the gazes, then, the song arises,…

Not every acronym is a definition. This one is not. It is a series of words upon which to meditate as you listen. G – Great is God; Good is great. God is gracious. God is good. L – God is love. God's love is vaster than the universe. God so loved the world that…

Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash Contemporary slang dictionaries define “woke” as ‘politically and socially aware.’ I would like to propose another perspective on what it means to me as a student of scripture. To me, this is what it means to be a “woke” person of faith: They had abused rights, privileges, and others historically if…

/ Mark 12:38-44 As he taught, he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets! They devour widows' houses and for the sake of appearance say…

On this day in 698, The Seventeenth Council of Toledo first met under Visigothic King Egica. Egica brought together two strains of hatred and distrust. On one hand, there was the threat of Islam's expansion and on the other, his intense dislike and distrust of Jews. He confiscated their property and made Jews the slaves…

On this day in 1851 – Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. Calvin Fairbank, a Methodist minister, served 19 years, total, in the Kentucky State Penitentiary, after two convictions of helping slaves escape. In total, he is credited…