Tom's Minute Messages
Every week, Tom delivers a "Minute Message" on the radio. This is the text of those messages.
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January 5 Minute Message
Posted Jan 05, 2012 by Tom Ellsworth
The next time someone accuses you of being thin skinned, just smile and remind them that the thickness of your skin is just right. Our skin, the largest bodily organ, covers the entire surface of our body. You see it in the mirror every morning, but do you know how incredible it is? ...
December 22, 2011
Posted Dec 22, 2011 by Tom Ellsworth
E. C. McKenzie wrote, “What the New year brings us will depend on what we bring to the New Year.” Our family tradition on New Year’s Day is to take down our Christmas decorations and pack them away for another eleven months. Every year my reaction is ...
December 15, 2011
Posted Dec 15, 2011 by Tom Ellsworth
The carols of Christmas help make this one of the most hopeful seasons of the year. One of our carols is uniquely American, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow during the Civil War. Tragedy struck the Longfellow family in 1861 when ...
December 8, 2011
Posted Dec 08, 2011 by Tom Ellsworth
Is your Christmas list filled with important items or unnecessary wants? This season tends to get a bit crazy as we search to find just the right gift for people who have everything they need and more. Retail sales on the weekend after Thanksgiving set a new spending record but ...
December 1, 2011
Posted Dec 01, 2011 by Tom Ellsworth
What sunshine does for green tomatoes, encouragement does for the soul. I had just checked my luggage at the Indianapolis airport when I discovered I left my cell phone in my parked car. I ran to catch the shuttle and sheepishly explained to the driver what I’d ...
November 17, 2011
Posted Nov 17, 2011 by Tom Ellsworth
E.C. McKenzie wrote, “Be thankful if your life is a little harder than you like. A razor can’t be sharpened on a piece of velvet.” At Thanksgiving, we rightly focus on the good things in our lives but anybody can be thankful for the blessings. It’s ...
November 10, 2011
Posted Nov 10, 2011 by Tom Ellsworth
President Harry Truman wrote, "The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all." Hi, I’m Tom Ellsworth from Sherwood Oaks Christian Church with a minute message. Wisdom is a wonderful asset, but never before has our culture been so overwhelmed ...
September 15, 2011
Posted Sep 15, 2011 by Tom Ellsworth
I am always amazed at how some of the most profound lessons about life come from the simplest expressions of God’s creation around us. In South Africa, for instance, there is a flowering plant that produces a seed pod that can last for up to 20 years. The uniqueness of ...
September 8, 2011
Posted Sep 08, 2011 by Tom Ellsworth
It has been wisely said, “The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.” These are stress filled days; with loan foreclosures, bank failures, credit crises, and stock market dips, people fear what ...