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A Memorial Day Reflection
Once a week, usually on Fridays, I send out an e-blast primarily for people who belong to my church or have some interest in what The Hills Church is up to on a regular basis. The e-mail contains the...
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Election Eve Reflections
Throughout the past few weeks, my church, The Hills Church, and I worked through a series of messages called “What would Jesus say?” regarding the upcoming election. During the first week, we reflected...
View ArticleMy Reason to be Thankful.
On this Thanksgiving Eve, I have much for which to be thankful. I have a beautiful, healthy, and loving family. This is our first Thanksgiving in our amazing new house. We are part of an amazing church...
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I Want to Believe In Donald Trump
Today is inauguration day. Today is a historic day in the United States of America. Today is one of the days that has made America great throughout its 240 years. Today, we the people, witness the...
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Christmas Promise. Christmas Waiting.
I’m sitting here in my warm living room, White Christmas is playing on the television, I can see the snow coming down outside, and Erin is wrapping Christmas presents with Charlotte and Simon’s help....
View ArticleTom Talks: Love Does – Audacious Love (and other videos from The Hills Church)
I’m excited to be able to add a new feature on this page called “Tom Talks.” In addition to working as a hospice chaplain, a local elected official, and photographer/videographer, I’m blessed to serve...
View ArticleTom Talks: Love Does – Be Not Afraid
I continue the “Love Does” teaching series by considering one of the biggest reasons many fail to act on the love God calls us to have for others – fear. What are you afraid of? What lines are you...
View ArticleTom Talks: Pray Different. Thoughts and Prayers vs Thy Kingdom Come
Every time a tragedy strikes we hear people offering their “thoughts and prayers.” While we have to assume the offering is genuine, why don’t our “thoughts and prayers” seem to change anything? In this...
View ArticleTom Talks: Pray Different. Forgive Us Our Trespasses.
We love grace. For good reason, we all need it. We are all screw ups. We are all failures. We are all rebels going our way, building our kingdom, rather than God’s. We are endless consumers of grace....
View ArticleTom Talks: Pray Different, Lead us not into Temptation
Stuck near the end of the Lord’s Prayer is the line “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Christians around the world pray this prayer daily. Yet, still, many of us succumb to...
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