thom gibson - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I love Jesus Christ, I love music, and I love life.
I've lived a lot of places, but I'm glad I ended up in San Antonio.
About 4 years ago I really started to understand what it was to be a follower of Christ. I dont do the things I do in hopes that God would love and accept me for them, but I do them because I allready have His love and acceptance and seek to be used by Him as a force of love, goodness, truth, and peace.
I want to have at least one meaningful conversation every day of my life.
I play guitar in my room a lot and I like recording things.
You can hear the music I create HERE
I work at a grocery store and have only been sworn at once in 3 years which is pretty good. I have some insecurities in my life but I think they're a result of selfishness; focusing on my own needs instead of the needs of those around me.
I try to sing harmony when I drive but I'm usually unsuccessful. I find it attractive when a girl wears glasses. I'm pretty loud and have a unique laugh that can be heard a mile away.
I really enjoy spending time with people :]

My Interests

learning more and more about God, friends and family, guitar, music recording, being told to 'shhh'

I'd like to meet:

People who are seeking God, truth, and life. People who have been hit over the head with scripture and told they were going to hell if they didn't agree. People who think about bigger issues than who's gonna be the next one off American Idol. People who like to talk. People who have a story to tell.

Mark Driscoll, John Piper, Erwin McManus, Jimi Hendrix, John Cage, myself 10 years ago/from now.

The president of the govermental group that runs the FAFSA process to let him know that contrary to what they think, I freakin actually DO need financial assistance

Music:

i dont care that its not christmas yet.

Movies:

I pretty much quote Dumb and Dumber everyday. I really liked Forrest Gump. I need to watch more movies.

Television:

The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, Smallville, Seinfeld, King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond, and lately a lot of The History Channel

Books:

The Bible
Mere Christianity, The Heavenly Man, Vintage Jesus, The Screwtape Letters, The Radical Reformission, Questioning Evangelism, The Barbarian Way, Not Even A Hint

Heroes:

Christ and people who have such an incredible faith in Him its unbelievable and encouraging.

My "Paul's":
Kevin Prather
John Piper
Mark Driscoll
C.S. Lewis
Erwin Mcmanus

Those who have taught me the most (and continue to teach me):
Mom and Dad
Sharon Day
Shea McGilvray
Benny Medrano
David Gianandrea
James Jennings
Claudia Ovalle

My Blog

Toms Panama Adventure

As some of you know, I spent the last two weeks in my mothers native country Panama. The last time I was down there I was in the womb, so it was good to go back when I could see, among other won...
Posted by thom gibson on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:21:00 PST

LA Thoughts 3

[Read LA Thoughts 1 and LA Thoughts 2 first]This ties in with another issue I spent a lot of thought and time reading through scriptures to understand. This idea of what does it look like to sha...
Posted by thom gibson on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:59:00 PST

LA Thoughts 2

[Read 'LA thoughts 1' first]This kinda leads me to my next 'pendulum' issue of 'testing everything.' The Scriptures call us to test everything and to hold onto what is good and avoid that which ...
Posted by thom gibson on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:58:00 PST

LA Thoughts 1

I recently spent a week in Los Angeles, California with a ministry group out of the University of Texas at San Antonio. After a couple months of doing fundraisers (many of us waiting last minute...
Posted by thom gibson on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:56:00 PST

Where To Go From Here...

so i got a 2 letters in the mail today. Opened the first one from Texas State University. I got accepted into the school of music there I got an 86 on my music theory placement exam ...
Posted by thom gibson on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:09:00 PST

The Conference of the Winter Season Held In Dallas

ive spend since last wednesday in dallas for the campus crusade for Christ dallas winter conference. even as begin typing this i worry that this will just be another one of those typical 'just g...
Posted by thom gibson on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:47:00 PST

Hi! Im Tom!

i was never really the most outgoing guy in high school, i more sought out the role of, not necessarily the 'cool strong silent type' but more along the lines of 'i dont feel the need to smile cuz ive...
Posted by thom gibson on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:33:00 PST

Mother Theresa, Faith, and Dry Seasons

(blog written by kevin prather....not tom gibson....tom just thought it was awesome....and liked the way kevin worded it....so here you go)Maybe you've heard or read about the book coming out that dea...
Posted by thom gibson on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:28:00 PST

Drowning In A Pool of Mayonaise

so a friend of mine posted a '10 random things about me' blog and I got tagged, which means i have to do one. normally i probaly wouldn't, but it was a friend from el paso i haven't talked to in...
Posted by thom gibson on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:02:00 PST

I Love You

I was listening to a sermon today, whose focus was talking about reaching out to those that so many have turned their back on. The scripture that was discussed was Christ's encounter w/ Levi, th...
Posted by thom gibson on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:56:00 PST