“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

  • Sunday Again

    I am getting ready to leave for church. Perhaps some of you will join me. The overlap between principles of missional church planting and entrepreneurial ventures is constantly surprising me. My message today will touch to some of those keys… Continue reading

  • A Little Candy for a Saturday

    We dream; we grow; We move; we flow; We laugh; we glow. While here below, We live in anticipation Of pomp and circumstance And graduation. We are matriculated in the school of life Articulated by toil and tears and strife.… Continue reading

  • Lessons from a Penny

    I just picked up a penny on my desk – mostly due to lack of inspiration in any other area and I asked myself what messages that small coin might give me. It is round. I am not sure what… Continue reading

  • Pastor Tom’s Journal

    Just in case you haven’t checked, here are some recent entries in Pastor Tom’s Journal: Videos:A Concert with Rich MullinsAwesome GodA Tribute to Billy Graham And I have in the sidebar, all but three parts of "Homeless Man," A tribute… Continue reading

  • Opportunities and Principles

    There are so many wonderful opportunities in network and affiliate marketing available today. There are sound business and compensation plans, ethical companies, and excellent products for discerning individuals to sort through and from which for them to choose. I promote… Continue reading

  • Evening and Morning

    Make a Friend Tomorrow Before you go to sleep tonight, you will most likely review your plans and appointments for tomorrow. Perhaps you will mentally prepare for them or pray about them. You will think about what you will wear… Continue reading

  • Vanishing Leadership

    It is one of the tasks of a great leader to vanish. There are many leadership skills involving our hands: the hand up, the extended hand, the hands on demonstration,  the hand on the shoulder and the hand off. That’s… Continue reading

  • Good Wishes

    I will write later if I can, but I want to get something out so here it is: I wish for you all a day filled with extraordinary, audacious, and joyful success. May it be extraordinary because we were never… Continue reading

  • Feeding and Starving

    Feed your dreams; starve your fears.Whichever one you feed will grow. Fears will grow to control you and clip your wings. Dreams will consume you and cause you to soar. It is your choice. You will feed that to which… Continue reading

  • Doing What Needs to Be Done

    Eating Crow No one likes to "eat crow," grovel, or admit that they were wrong enough to get into a predicament from which they need help extricating themselves. It sears one’s pride and devastates one’s self-esteem and the quicker we… Continue reading

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