I have missed you. That is what happens when I go silent. I miss you. When I am silent, it is difficult to hear you breath or listen or respond. I thought about you and wished you today what… Continue reading

Welcome to a time of worship online with Pastor Tom Sims and the Fellowship of Joy at 4141 Ministries. Continue reading

How do we make DREAD work for us in meeting the demands of my life each day? Continue reading

“Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.” – Psalm 74:17 “In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on… Continue reading

Tongues of fire descended … and something individual happened. Lighting upon each …dividing … They united all in one Spirit. A paradoxical contradiction connected multiple languages,traditions, and customs into curious Oneness. What could not be achieved by ingenuity,invention, or inquisitive… Continue reading

  We all cast a shadow in our lives and we all provide snapshots of ourselves in the lives of the people we meet that last long past the moment in which they were engraved upon our hearts and minds.… Continue reading

Every forlorn and desperate psalm is an invitation for us to come to God in very honest prayer. Continue reading

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  Should a person always answer his or her critics? It is our impulse. We might feel that silence implies vacillation, lack of courage, or unwillingness to engage. Perhaps, sometimes, it does. At other times, it merely indicates a feeling… Continue reading

Integrity, Vulnerability, and Authenticity - IVA Are you real? You know the answer, but the clincher is how people perceive you. Do you come across as real? If not, you are paying a high price because your credibility account is overdrawn… Continue reading