Tom Hudson

I remember exactly where I was standing when I heard the news. For a few seconds, the room didn't move. The words didn't fit together right. Charlie Kirk, a husband, a father, a man who spent his short life trying to get young people to think biblically about the world, was gone. Murdered. In front of a crowd. In front of cameras. In front of a watching nation that would spend the next week arguing about him instead of grieving with his family. I sat with that for a long time. I still do....

It has been just over a month since I stepped into the role of Senior Pastor at Earlham Church of Christ, and I have been trying to find the right time to sit down and write about it. Honestly, I think I have been putting it off because I am still trying to understand what has been happening in me. But I think that is exactly why I need to write it. Some of you have walked with our family for years. Some of you just met us. Either way, you deserve an honest update, not just on where we are,...

I need to be honest with you before I say anything else. For most of my life in ministry, I did not feel ready to lead a church. Not the way people imagine when they picture a pastor. I did not have some early, unshakable confidence that I was cut out for this. I had a lot of nights where I wondered if I would ever have what it takes. If you had told me years ago that I would one day be stepping into the role of Senior Pastor, I would have believed you, but I also would have told you I had a...