Blog Unrest What is your only comfort? We go to that line a lot. And it is, understandably so. As a pastor,…Thomas GoodhartAugust 21, 2014
Blog Sinning and Running (not necessarily at the same time, but maybe) I am always impressed when speaking with one of my many septuagenarian or octogenarian congregants and they share something about…Thomas GoodhartAugust 7, 2014
Blog Refuge God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. –Psalm 46:1 Last week my congregation, Trinity, had…Thomas GoodhartJuly 24, 2014
Blog Raspberries and Sowing This has been a bumper harvest year for my black raspberries! They have done well in our little churchyard space…Thomas GoodhartJuly 10, 2014
Blog Tensions There was tension in the atmosphere as General Synod approached, figuratively and literally, with a tornado warning during the delegates’…Thomas GoodhartJune 26, 2014
Blog Carrying to Synod… The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America (RCA) and the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church in North…Thomas GoodhartJune 12, 2014
Blog Home on Ascension Day In the book Letter to my Daughter, a collection of 28 short essays, the great poet, activist, and human being…Thomas GoodhartMay 29, 2014
Blog A Slippery Slope Sin can be a slippery slope. I can still picture it, the baseboard that ran along the outer side of…Thomas GoodhartMay 15, 2014
Blog Goodly Heritage A few years ago we did some minor renovations and remodeling in our church building, converting a rather dank closet…Thomas GoodhartMay 1, 2014
Blog God’s Touch My brother recently texted me some old family pictures of him and me when we were kids—I think my family…Thomas GoodhartApril 17, 2014