Pastor Tom's Journal

I need to start posting here and will make it one of my disciplines from this point on. My principle blog is The Dream Factory and I am quite involved with two CompuServe/Netscape forums and a number of Yahoo groups. Maybe today... maybe tomorrow ... I'll be back. In the meantime ...

We are up and running with our workshop, "The Road to Success." The responses are positive and we will soon be launching a monthly newsletter to clients and friends. Included wil be statistics, instructional previews, coments on whatever fancies me, quotes, recommended links, and recommended business opportunities. I am amazed at the results I am getting with mangosteen. The same is true with reports from my friends. This fruit has been used for centuries for its healing properties and has recently come to market in the U.S.. There is more information on my site: http://tbs.natureswellnesssecret.com . Our church is holding its Spring Festival Saturday and it wil probably be our biggest block party ever. We'll give you a report next week. I a wrapping up te final chapters to "The Confidence Factor." Based upon relections on the book of Philippians, it is an amplification of the truth: I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Well, that should bri

Time passes on. We can't stop it, slow it down, or ignore its passage for long. Yet, time never fails. It always gets at least a C+. It's people who fail - people like me, people who fail to see time for what it is, people who are in denial about time, and people who just don't notice or care. We fail and then we fail again. The challenge is to appreciate time spent, grieve time wasted, and cherish the time that is now while embracing time yet to come.

I am pretty new at this, but I have a lot to say. Bear with me as I learn to say it as well as possible. I am sure the whole thing will evolve into whatever it is going to be. My name is Pastor Tom. I pastor a small urban church in the heart of Fresno with three congregations in one setting. Two are English, one Spanish, and another Hmong. We have a missional vision for our community and world. It is quite exciting. I am middle aged - about to turn 50 which means many things including a sigmoidoscopy (SIC ? - Actually, I don't really need to know). I have a wife and two grown sons. I write for publication - but the best is yet to come. I operate a business where I empower people to start businesses. Now, all of that is quite boring, but it is a start. Let's stay in touch - assuming you are out there. I promise to read my material.