10 Things Most Pastors Hate to Admit…not me
Pastor Matt Boswell from Duvall, Washington recently published an article on ChurchLeaders.com titled “10 Things Most Pastors Hate to Admit Publicly,” a short treatise on the common pressures and struggles of full-time, traditional pastoral ministry. The list includes stressors like: We take it personally when you leave the church We feel pressure to perform week after …
Bellevue Wage Ordinance, An Ongoing Conundrum
Something fascinating happened during the February Bellevue Council Meeting this past Tuesday and I’m eager to tell you about it. In one glorious moment, council unanimously agreed on a controversial new ordinance. Well, at least on paper it appears like we unanimously agreed on a controversial ordinance. The non-union wage ordinance which has been a …
Bellevue Council: Reorganization Meeting Votes
During the campaign leading to my election as a new member of Bellevue Council, I heard a consistent theme. The residents and voters of Bellevue are sick and tired being left in the dark with regard to their local government. For that reason, I came up with a strategy that I believe might help keep …
Tom Fodi for Bellevue Council 2015
We’re officially less than one month away from the November 3rd election. On November 3rd, my name will be among five candidates vying for three seats on Bellevue Council. I’m running for Bellevue Council because I am frustrated by the lack of visionary leadership and effective management coming out of our current council. Bellevue is …
And the Truth Shall Set You Free
Yesterday was a day to remember. Yesterday I was granted an opportunity I am unlikely to be presented again. Yesterday, while standing next to the second most powerful individual in Pennsylvania politics and before the representatives of the Pennsylvania State House I offered a prayer of truth and repentance. Before each session of the General Assembly, a member of the …
FLESH: Real Life, Real Jesus – Converation and Confrontation
When Jesus spoke, thousands of people gathered to hear him. When Christians speak, most do all they can to tune them out. What’s the difference? Where’s the disconnect? The words Jesus spoke were powerful and true, but they were also laced with grace. Check out the rest of message I offered at The Hills Church …
A Better Bellevue
I am proud to be a part of the great community organization A Better Bellevue. A Better Bellevue exists to campaign for a healthy, growing, and prosperous Bellevue. To pursue this end we are promoting the end of Bellevue’s prohibition era dry laws. Bellevue’s century old dry laws have literally choked out our community’s economic growth by sending …