Category Archives: Home & Family Life

Memories (For My Mother’s 75th Birthday)

Posted on 2013/03/09 by Shawn Thomas

Mom, your grandson Paul went down in our family history for the prayer he prayed one night after going to your house in Moore: “God, I thank you that I got to go to Grandma’s house today, and that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Home & Family Life, Uncategorized | Tagged altar call, caring for people, Diane Jean Thomas Ames Rochat, generosity, II Timothy 1:5, II Timothy 3:15, invitation, memories of mother, ministry advice, mom, mom's 75th birthday, parenting, salvation | Leave a comment

Farewell to Our Church Family

Posted on 2013/02/18 by Shawn Thomas

Our hearts are filled with gratitude for the past 12+ years of service with our church family at Moss Bluff. It would be almost physically impossible for me to write a personal note to everyone who has blessed my family … Continue reading →

Posted in Home & Family Life, Ministry | Tagged day by day, Exodus, farewell, First Baptist Church Moss Bluff, God's purpose, moving, pastor resignation, peace, POTS, providence, Shawn Thomas | 10 Comments

“Paradise”: The House Showing

Posted on 2013/02/06 by Shawn Thomas

Following my resignation at First Baptist, Moss Bluff, last Sunday, our house went on the market this week. We will not be able to live at 954 Mission Lane with me being unable to work full-time (or at all, presently) … Continue reading →

Posted in Home & Family Life | Tagged cats, family, God's purpose for the family, moving, pastor, POTS, refining furnace, selling home | 4 Comments

Letter To My Church Family (2-03-13)

Posted on 2013/02/03 by Shawn Thomas

We are fast approaching one year since I first went home sick from prayer meeting on a Wednesday night with what came be to diagnosed as dysautonomia, or POTS. We have employed a wide array of medications and exercises, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Home & Family Life, POTS (dysautonomia) articles | Tagged FBC Moss Bluff, it will end better, pastor, POTS, purpose, resignation letter, Romans 8:28, Shawn Thomas | 11 Comments

And The Winner Is …

Posted on 2012/12/25 by Shawn Thomas

The Winner of the 2012 Thomas Home Gingerbread House Decorating Contest goes to: #5 Elizabeth Breland and Ashley Thomas! The contestants are lined up in order of their entries below: #1 Michael #2 Paul #3 Joshua #4 David #5 Libby … Continue reading →

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Gingerbread House Competition 2012

Posted on 2012/12/24 by Shawn Thomas

Below are the “official” pictures of our kids’ Gingerbread House entries for Christmas 2012. YOU will be the judge! Look over the pictures of the entries and comment below, indicating in your comment the number of the “winner” in your … Continue reading →

Posted in Home & Family Life | Tagged castle, Castle in the Clouds, cathedral, Christmas, family, gingerbread house decorating, pastor's home, Schloss auf den Wolken, Sydney Opera House | 51 Comments

Christmas in “Paradise”

Posted on 2012/12/24 by Shawn Thomas

One day this Christmas season, I was supervising Michael while he put the silver garland around our tree. He exclaimed, as he came across a previously undiscovered and unopened box of tinsel as well. I hollered into the kitchen, where … Continue reading →

Posted in Home & Family Life | Tagged Adeste Fidelis, cat at Christmas, Christmas candy, Christmas Eve family celebration, Christmas Eve services, Christmas foods, Christmas in Paradise, Christmas traditions, family, family gingerbread house competition, games, Handel's Messiah, Latin, pastor's home Christmas traditions, walks | 2 Comments

Family Christmas Newsletter 2012

Posted on 2012/12/05 by Shawn Thomas

— One weekend in September while Libby and Josh came home for her birthday, she gave US perhaps the biggest present of the year: they are expecting our first grandchild in May! Josh is finishing his ministry degree at Louisiana … Continue reading →

Posted in Home & Family Life | Tagged "How Great Our Joy", David and Ashley Thomas, first grandchild, Joshua and Libby Thomas, joys of Christmas, pastor's home, Paul Thomas, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, POTS, Shawn Thomas, singing, Southeastern Seminary | Leave a comment

This Week in “Paradise” Oct. 1

Posted on 2012/10/01 by Shawn Thomas

This week in the earthly “paradise” otherwise known as the pastor’s home, I threw … Caution to the Wind Monday night I was standing at the kitchen counter, halving some of my prescription pills with the pill splitter, and placing … Continue reading →

Posted in Home & Family Life, This Week In Paradise (pastors family blog) | Tagged ambush, first big kill, German scientist, humor, kitten, kitten Eponine, makeup brush, McDonalds, pastor's family, pastor's home life, pill splitter medicine | Leave a comment

This Week in “Paradise” Sept. 24

Posted on 2012/09/24 by Shawn Thomas

Big news in “Paradise” this week, with the much-anticipated announcement that pretty much overshadowed everything else: our first grandchild is on the way! (I’ll still give you everything else anyway. Well, almost everything! 😉 So That’s News? Monday I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Home & Family Life, This Week In Paradise (pastors family blog) | 2 Comments