Pastor Thom Fowler

Blogs

More than Useless

(click the link above for archives)

We’ve Made Our Bed – 06/08/26

Turn Your Radio On – 06/05/26

WAITER! – 06/04/26

Why Don’t You Call Me Home? – 06/03/26

You Cannot Do It – 06/02/26

A Good Man – 06/01/26

A Strand of the Tapestry – 05/29/26

Baggage – 05/28/26

Grow Down – 05/27/26

Assurance, Come What May – 05/26/26

Hymns! – 05/25/26

Lest I Forget – 05/22/26

Building Materials – 05/21/26

Here I Am – 05/20/26

I’d Rather Be a Black-eyed Susan – 05/19/26

Life on a Stationary Bike – 05/18/26

Down the Bunny Trail – 05/15/26

Love Is the Golden Rule – 05/14/26

New Every Morning – 05/13/26

Do as Dew Does – 05/12/26

We Strive to Divide – 05/11/26

Whole World in His Hands – 05/08/26

Truly Worthy – 05/07/26

I Need You – 05/06/26

Skunk! – 05/05/26

Hesitant – 05/04/26

Indescribable – 05/01/26

A Matter of Time – 04/30/26

Share a Meal – 04/29/26

At the Door – 04/28/26

Maintenance Required – 04/27/26

Hello! I’m Thom Fowler.

South Vernon is one of three churches that I pastor. I’m proud to say that I am
a bi-vocational pastor. In the last 23 years of pastoral ministry I have worked
a full-time job so as not to financially burden the churches I serve.

A mentor of mine once said, “Small churches deserve good pastors, too!”

At the end of 2018, after 18 years in retail, I became a school bus driver…

but, that is what I do, not who I am. I am a follower of Christ and to me

that’s not just about going to church, opening my Bible and saying

a prayer occasionally. For me following Christ is interacting daily with

Someone who knows me and, despite my flaws, loves and accepts me.

One of my favorite Bible verses is from Ephesians 1:4,

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy
and without fault in his eyes.” (NLT)

One of my motivations for preaching (and blogging! – see above) is that I know others struggle with life as I do and a partner on the journey is always welcome!