by Tom Goodlet | Feb 24, 2026 | Note From Tom
Early in my ministry years, I worked with teenagers in Appalachia. Let’s just say it plainly. Most of those kids came from very little. They were poor. Yet they were some of the most wonderful, hardworking young people I had ever met. If something needed to be done...
by Tom Goodlet | Jan 27, 2026 | Note From Tom
I wish I could say I always listen well. I don’t. In fact, I make some of my dumbest life choices when I’m not listening to God. I am in close proximity to God. I know that He is talking to me. I just cut Him off before He can finish, assume I got it, and leap without...
by Tom Goodlet | Dec 30, 2025 | Note From Tom
When you were a kid, did you wonder with anticipation about what you were going to get for Christmas? (Maybe you are like me and you still do.) Did you wonder if you would get the presents you had been asking for? Have you ever discovered your gifts before Christmas?...
by Tom Goodlet | Nov 27, 2025 | Note From Tom
In the Goodlet house, there is a Thanksgiving decoration that comes out every year. It is a small wooden turkey with painted popsicle sticks for feathers. It is crooked. It is chipped. And it is our favorite. My son Mason made it when he was in preschool. On the back,...
by Tom Goodlet | Sep 9, 2025 | Note From Tom
Leadership often comes with surprises. Sometimes they are inspiring. Often, they are confusing. And occasionally they are just downright weird. One such moment happened to me shortly after I had started as the new youth minister at First Christian Church of Tarpon...
by Tom Goodlet | Aug 5, 2025 | Note From Tom
We made it! One full year of Next Level Leaders Club! Twelve months of insights, stories, challenges, and (hopefully) a few laughs along the way. First, thank you. If you are reading this, you are the reason this newsletter exists. Your leadership journey matters to...
