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Thomas

thomasgateway

About Me

I am the husband of the most wonderful, beautiful woman in the world and the dad of the coolest lil' dude. I am the worship pastor of GATEWAY WORSHIP at Gateway Church in the Dallas area. I love football--especially WVU (go Mountaineers!) and the Dallas Cowboys, songwriting, running, xbox 360, going to the gym, spending time with my family. I LOVE WORSHIPPING GOD

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I'd Like to Meet:
Jesus, WVU fans, people who whistle when they say "s"

Music:

WORSHIP:
Walker Beach, David Moore, Zach Neese, Sion Alford, Kari Jobe, Ben Haake, Jason Tam, Ryan Edgar, Melissa Loose, the ENTIRE GATEWAY WORSHIP TEAM, Tim Sheppard, Andy Colagrosso
VOCALS:
Steve Perry, Michael McDonald, Lou Gramm, Stevie Wonder, Peabo Bryson, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner
BANDS:
Journey (of course), Anberlin, Toto, Eagles, U2, Coldplay, Switchfoot, Maroon 5, 3 Doors Down, the Goo Goo Dolls
OTHER CREATIVE GENUISES:
Sting, Diana Krall, John Mayer, Chris Botti

Movies:

The Matrix, Memento, Moulin Rouge, Crash, Napoleon Dynamite, Talladega Nights, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Spaceballs, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Television:

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (the best show of all time), Football (Saturday, Sunday, Monday Night, Occasional Thursday Night--LOVE IT ALL), Lost, The Office, Heroes, 30 Rock, 24, Prison Break, SportsCenter, Ugly Betty, Battlestar Galactica, SNL, Journeyman, Cane

Books:

The Bible, The Message, Blink, I Am Not But I Know I Am, How Now Shall We Live, Perilous Pursuits: Overcoming Our Obsession with Significance, Mere Christianity, My Utmost for His Highest, The Purple Cow, The Cider House Rules, East of Eden

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, King David, Chuck Colson, Jim Elliot, Billy Graham, suffering saints around the world

My Blog

My Mentor

Just a couple weeks ago, one of my greatest mentors passed away. Pastor Fain (http://wvgazette.com/Obituaries/200804030001  ;--Rev. Laird L. Fain) and his teaching have had such a deep a...
Posted by Thomas on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST

Altar Ego

Being the red-blooded, all-American boy that I was, my very favorite time of the year during all of my wonder years was summer break--that time of year where all exercises of learning were suspended ...
Posted by Thomas on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 04:18:00 PST