“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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Latest Posts

  • Tenacity or Stiff-Necked Oblivion

    Tenacity is a good thing. Sticking with a dream, vision, or goal is a virtue. Sticking with it in the face of obstacles and hardships is heroic. Ignoring one's critics when they are nitpicking our inspired visions involves resolve, courage,… Continue reading

  • The Confidence Factor Book Launch Party

      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… Continue reading

  • The Days of Miracles and Wonder

    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… Continue reading

  • Book Release Party

    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.  Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • Profundities

    "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… Continue reading

  • Meeting God in the Wilderness

      Shaken  Psalm 29:8: The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh. You find yourself alone in the desert. You wonder if there is a word from God. There is silence. You pray.… Continue reading

  • A Flair for the Dramatic

      God stepped out on stage And every member of the orchestra knew it was He. He took the baton in hand And breathed forth UPBEAT. Down came the baton DOWNBEAT. And the pattern was given With every eye upon… Continue reading

  • Paradoxical People

    We wake up, do whatever must first be done, and stagger to the kitchen to swallow whatever must be swallowed first. Somewhere along the way, we recover enough presence of mind to make some decisions. One of those decision is… Continue reading

  • Why Was I Chosen?

    “‘Why was I chosen?’ ‘Such questions cannot be answered,’ said Gandalf. ‘You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess: not for power or wisdom, at any rate. But you have been chosen,… Continue reading

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