The Divine Crash

We have all seen these emails.  We have gotten them from well-meaning friends and relatives who don’t know any better.  They usually start with some cliché picture of Jesus like this one:
Then the email usually follows with something to the effect of “I love Jesus and if you love Jesus you will send this to [...]

For a few years I played church league softball, and it was a mess.  This is supposed to be the body of believers coming together to have a good time and play a fun sport.  Yet what ended up happening was that it was a bunch of overweight bald-men who wanted to relive the good-old [...]

Today’s service was one I had been looking forward to for a while now and it proved interesting.  You can listen to it on iTunes (search for Tanoma) or click here.
The scripture for this sermon was John 11:1-12:19 It was the death of Lazarus and the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.  I didn’t read the [...]

Allow me to set the scene for you. Here I am at the tender age of 17 competing for the New York State Karate Title.  Prior to this I had never won anything, or been good at any sport.  The only way to win is by fighting in the ring.  I am in the ring [...]

Recently I was asked to write a blog as a “contributing author” on another website called “called to youth ministry”  They are a new site helping youth workers.  I am honored to help them and I guess this now makes me “internet-famous?” Either way here is what I wrote for them, but if you are [...]

Today’s sermon was good, Jesus’ miracles keep getting bigger and now we get to something that has never been done before.  A man who was born blind is now healed.  You can check out the audio here or on iTunes by searching for Tanoma.
John retells this miracle of a man born blind begging at the [...]

Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! I can’t believe this is happening.  What is going on, where did they come from? How can this happen? They aren’t supposed to do that.
What do I do? How do I get out of this? Can I make a deal with you, God?  If you get me [...]

Today I arrived at seminary and after my first class I turned on my laptop and was preparing to check my email and start researching a paper on Isaiah 61.  However, to my surprise the internet wasn’t working.
I knew it wasn’t my computer.  I am running a brand new top of the line Apple Mac Book [...]