Rerun of Daily Devotional November 18, 2016 Mike sent me the following story.  It really got me thinking. “Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying "Free to good home, You want it … Continue reading Daily Devotional November 18, 2021 →

My granddaughter Emma is smart, compassionate, and good looking.  She takes after me. A few days ago, her mother, Lindsey, called to tell me what had been going on.Emma started kindergarten in August.  Last week, she happened to casually mention to her mother that ever since school had begun, she had been sharing her snack … Continue reading Daily Devotional for November 17, 2021 →

Sunday morning, I got up, reviewed the sermon while I ate an early breakfast, drove to the church, had the first worship service, taught Sunday school, had the second worship service, taught confirmation, and visited one of our members in the hospital.  I got home to eat lunch a little after 3:30 in the afternoon.  … Continue reading Daily Devotional November 16, 2021 →

One of my all-time favorite things to do is baptize babies.  Luckily, many of the young couples in our church know this, so they have babies for me to baptize.  I have always thought that was very Christian of them.What really disappoints me is every once-in-a-while, a young couple will feel they’ve reached their quota … Continue reading Daily Devotional for November 10, 2021 →

Stevie is a beautiful little girl in our church.  Sunday, I noticed Stevie looked pretty rough at the Children's Time.  I didn't know why.  I found out yesterday. I got the following email from Stevie's mother.  All I can say is, God is good."Hey Tom!  I don't know who reads the prayer request written on the attendance … Continue reading Daily Devotional for November 9, 2021 →

This morning, NPR reported the astronauts onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor will undock from the International Space Station and return to earth.    While on their mission, the article said the crew "conducted a series of spacewalks installing solar panels to upgrade the station's powergrid, grew the first green chile peppers in space (and … Continue reading Daily Devotional November 8, 2021 →

Rerun of Daily Devotional November 4, 2016Monday morning, I took Shannon’s car to the dealership for a repair.  Knowing it would be all day, I asked if I could use a loaner car.The service advisor asked how far I was driving.  I thought this was a strange question, but I told him I would be … Continue reading Daily Devotional for November 4, 2021 →

Early this morning, as I stepped outside into the darkness to walk the dogs, I immediately felt a slight sprinkling of raindrops on my face.  I thought, "Great.  Just what I need to start the day.  Nothing like getting wet first thing in the morning." Once inside, having fed the dogs and sitting at the … Continue reading Daily Devotional November 3, 2021 →

I am truly confused by what's going on in the world.  Here are two examples. This past week, on an American Airlines flight from New York to California, Brian Hsu decided to go to the lavatory after the pilot had turned on the "fasten seatbelt" sign. When  flight attendant asked Mr. Hsu to return to … Continue reading Daily Devotional November 2, 2021 →

A few weeks ago, the children in our church gave me a large poster they made in Children's Church that said, "Happy Pastor's Appreciation Day, To the Best Pastor Ever....HANDS DOWN!"  To emphasize the HANDS DOWN, all the children had dipped their hands in different colored paints and covered the poster with their little handprints.  … Continue reading Daily Devotional November 1, 2021 →