Category Archives: Home & Family Life

“The Little Condo on the Prairie” (Aug. 19, 2014)

Posted on 2014/08/19 by Shawn Thomas

Join this pastor’s family for Saturday morning coffee & doughnuts and more in this week’s “Little Condo on the Prairie”: COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS One Saturday morning I went out early (relatively speaking, for a Saturday, you understand!) to get some … Continue reading →

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The Little Condo on the Prairie (7-15-14)

Posted on 2014/07/15 by Shawn Thomas

I can’t share every conversation our family has, but when I can, it goes on “The Little Condo”… 🙂 A few stories from the past few weeks: A MOTHER’S PRIDE I called my mom in Tulsa on Mothers Day and … Continue reading →

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The Little Condo on the Prairie (4-28-14)

Posted on 2014/04/28 by Shawn Thomas

I’ve been busy preaching every Sunday and leading Bible Study on Wednesday nights — basically working a full-time schedule — for which I am very grateful! But one “side effect” is that I have not kept up my “Little Condo” … Continue reading →

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“In Christ Alone”: Praying for a Loved One

Posted on 2014/02/20 by Shawn Thomas

It is easy to get in a “rut” when we pray for friends and loved ones, merely rehearsing the same tired words every day. It can help to run the person, or the special request, through another “grid”, like a … Continue reading →

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Psalm 3:3 “My Shield”

Posted on 2014/02/05 by Shawn Thomas

The following is a message from Psalm 3:3, preached at Trinity Baptist, Norman on August 11, 2013. It shares the testimony of my illness and resignation from FBC Moss Bluff, and of God’s purposes for our trials. This verse has … Continue reading →

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Psalm 3:3 “My Shield” (preached Aug. 11, 2013 at Trinity, Norman)

Posted on 2014/02/05 by Shawn Thomas

I wrote the much of the following message during the summer of 2012, when I was on medical leave as pastor of FBC Moss Bluff, LA with dyautonomia (POTS). I would later resign the church in February of 2013, selling … Continue reading →

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The Little Condo (2-04-14)

Posted on 2014/02/04 by Shawn Thomas

If you were a fly on the wall of the “Little Condo”, you would have heard some of the following quips and shenanigans around here the past couple of weeks: MESSY READER? Cheryl, reading Danny Akin’s theology for the Academy … Continue reading →

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Christmas in Carolina

Posted on 2014/01/01 by Shawn Thomas

Since two of our children are married with families, attending Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and one has a baby and the other is expecting, we needed to take a trip east if we were going to … Continue reading →

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A Post From Christmas Past

Posted on 2013/12/24 by Shawn Thomas

Since we are involved with family worship and other activities today — as I hope you are — I thought I would share some highlights from LAST year’s Christmas which I never published: At one point during the week, the … Continue reading →

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“The Little Condo On The Prairie” (12-17-13)

Posted on 2013/12/17 by Shawn Thomas

“It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas” at the “Little Condo”: A NEW CHRISTMAS SONG? Michael was very interested in Pastor Ronnie Rogers’ message on the Magi from the Christmas sermon at Trinity, Norman, last Sunday — especially that … Continue reading →

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