“Of all the gin joints in all the towns of the world, he walks into mine.” (Adapted quote from Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.) An Unexpected Golf Partner with a Familiar Past Recently while on vacation in perfect Michigan weather I took the opportunity to go golfing. Unfortunately, the courses were booked solid with foursomes. But […]
Mountain Tops and Valleys
Last Sunday I drove down to Miami stadium to speak to the players, wives, and coaches participating in the NBA’s “Big 3” league chapel. My chapel service had all the teams represented and seeing competitors join to worship and hear God’s Word is quite encouraging for this old gym rat. After my message I was […]
Tom’s Unforgettable Round with PGA Stars and Spiritual Conversations
April 2023 “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30 Heavenly Competition! I recently experienced the thrill of playing in the PGA Tour Bay Hill Pro-Am tournament with the young 20-year-old President’s Cup star, Tom Kim. The cost is normally $10,000 per amateur golfer and […]
Tom Celebrates His 69th Birthday with Life-Changing Gifts
For my 69th birthday this week I received two incredible gifts. I got a new back and a new smile and we are rejoicing! Tom Randall’s Journey to a New Smile and Enhanced Spanish Skills The good news is that my teeth are perfect now. The bad news is that I lost my signature gap […]
Reflecting on Blessings and Losses : A December Tribute
Finding Depth in Life with God: A Sermon Reflection We heard an interesting sermon recently taken from the book of Ezekiel. Can’t say I have heard too many sermons from that book! He preached from the 47th chapter which is all about a river flowing from the temple of God. It started as a trickle […]
God’s Providence : Colonel Kinniburgh’s Heroic Intervention in the 1973 Yom Kippur War
Every Tuesday evening Ret. Army Lt. Colonel Stuart Kinniburgh and I team up to teach Bible at the Central Care Mission in Orlando. Stuart’s love for the Lord, his country, and these men is both inspiring and predictable considering the incredible story of his father, Marine Colonel John Kinniburgh. During the 1973 Yom Kipper War […]
Tom Randall and the Bottles of Gatorade
During the pandemic the manager at the Gatorade plant in Orlando generously donated thousands of bottles of Gatorade to some ministries to use for our outreach. All we had to do was unload the large pallets from the warehouse, load them in our trucks, and deliver them ourselves. How coincidental and providential that 50 years […]
Four fanatics playing five hours of golf together has the potential of plenty travails of misery
“The definition of a fanatic is someone who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” Winston Churchill Four fanatics playing five hours of golf together has the potential of plenty travails of misery. Unless they all are fanatics for Christ; a movie star from Alabama, a professional golfer from Missouri, a sports missionary […]