Tom pastors New Life Church in Woodland Hills, mentors Greenhouse church planters, and teaches biblical counseling. He finds time to write while raising four rambunctious children with his lovely wife, Amanda.
My grandfather, Kay Jen Tom, was born on October 10, 1909, in the Toishan region of China near the city of Canton (now Guangzhou).[1] He was either orphaned or sold…
My wife and her family were refugees from Vietnam and her father’s father was an immigrant from southern China. Over a period of years, Amanda and I have worked on…
My earliest recollection of the Japanese American internment was of hearing my Obachan (“Japanese grandmother”) speak bitterly about what this country had done to her family. The war years (1942-1945)…
Dear Pastor (myself included), Breathe. Breathe deeply. You’ve just completed a marathon (which you thought would only be a 5K when you laced up your shoes). This past year has…
This original spoken word theology was written and performed for New Life Church on Good Friday (April 2, 2021). Creation's Fall In the beginning, when God breathed (Gen 1:1), “Let…