by Tom Goodlet | May 12, 2026 | Note From Tom
There are times in life when I am certain I am communicating well, and I am completely wrong. A number of years ago, I was in Chile on a mission trip. Now, I had taken three years of Spanish in high school, which means I knew just enough to be dangerous and not nearly...
by Tom Goodlet | Apr 14, 2026 | Note From Tom
I play pickleball on Wednesday nights with a group of guys. Somewhere along the way, it turned into a bit of an addiction. I tell myself it’s a healthy one, and most of the time, I believe that. One night, four of us showed up, and we split into teams. It didn’t take...
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,...
