Quick Info about Tom:
Job at Crossroads: Lead Pastor

Family: married to Lisa since 1990; kids, Josh (born in 1996) and Emma Katie (born in 1998); our adopted black boodle dog, Atticus Finch Walsh; and a pet Bearded Dragon named Monty Python Walsh

Education and Experiences:
  • Diploma in Missiology (International Ministries and Anthropology), Moody Bible Institute
  • Diploma in Bible, Word of Life Bible Institute
  • Youth Pastor, Oak Lawn Church, Southside of Chicago
  • Zone Pastor, Northport Baptist Church, Long Island, NY
  • Co-Pastor and Church Planter, New River Community Church, South Windsor, CT
  • Missions Teaching in Belarus, Nicaragua, and Republic of Congo
  • Missionary Internship, Amazon Delta of Brazil
  • U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Law Enforcement, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Search and Rescue, and scrubbing toilets (click here to see a picture of Tom's boat)


  

Hometown: Vernon, CT

Favorite Podcasts:Mosaic, Socrates in the City, Let My People Think (RZIM), and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 		 
  Recent Favorite Reading: The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus, Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Microtrends by J. Penn, anything by Malcolm Gladwell, The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, historical books by Nathaniel Philbrick, Searching for Home by M. Craig Barnes, Present Future by Reggie McNeal, and Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

Heroes: D.L. Moody, St. Patrick (the real guy, not the leprechaun), Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Olaudah Equiano (escaped slave and adventurer), General Matthew Ridgeway, Mother Teresa, Ghandi

Prized Possessions: a 24-year-old pair of Chippewa boots (nicely oiled), my fire helmet, a Canon EOS Rebel Xti, a claddagh ring Lisa gave me for our 15th anniversary 		  Guilty Pleasures: watching episodes of Band of Brothers and The Office, mountain biking, wreck diving, venti lattes extra hot, and buying cool shoes I don't really need

Favorite Music: I'm a classic rocker. Of course I love worship music like Passion Worship Band, Burlap to Cashmere, and Third Day...but my iPod has about 6GB of Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Blues Traveler, Cream, Rush, Collective Soul, and the Police. I like it loud.

Favorite Movies: The Departed, Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Thirteen (not Twelve!), Amistad, Young Frankenstein, Breaker Morant, and The Shawshank Redemption



 

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