“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.” (1 John 4:18a ESV) I’ve spent 68 years in the Church of the Nazarene. My great-granny was Nazarene. Her son (my grandpa) served as a Nazarene pastor....

I can’t explain it. My book Tom’s List: 50 Commandments to Transform Your Life was published six years ago. Naturally, over time the sales of any book slows down. Tom’s List has been like that the last few years....

Last year I wrote an article confessing I had changed my mind  about the LGBTQ+ community. As a result, I received a certified document in the mail charging me with “teaching doctrine contrary to the Church of the Nazarene.”...

An increasing number of evangelicals are affirming the LGBTQ+ community. This is a significant departure from past evangelicals. If you’ve been around the evangelical church for any length of time, you know they haven’t looked favorably on the gay...

It shocked me to find myself praying “Dear Heavenly Mother…”   Not long ago I awoke in the middle of the night. I’d been ill and going through stressful days. In the shadowy mist of the midnight hours I...